Why was Samuel Slater considered a criminal by British textile manufacturers?

A.) He invented a new machine that could be used to spin cotton threads instead of stitching by hand.
B.) He financed the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, the first machine to replace manual labor.
C.) He smuggled textile designs from Britain to the United States and built the first textile factory.
D.) He built the first automobile factory in the United States creating many new jobs for Americans.