To set up and operate a spinning mill required large amounts of capital, or invested money. Capitalists supplied this money. A capitalist is a person who invests in a business in order to make a profit. Capitalists built factories and hired workers to run the machines.
A. The government headquarters of a state or nation
B. Money that is used to start or run a business
C. A word used to describe something good
D. The building where a legislature meets