Answer:
They needed natural resources from other countries.
Explanation:
Factory owners in the advanced economies required natural resources from other countries. Coal, iron, gold, silver, tin, copper, rubber, and cotton were essential to keep the factories operating. They could be taken from colonies. These same countries required markets for their manufactured products.
It was "Philippe Bunau-Varilla" who <span>was the engineer in charge of building the canal through Panama for the French, although he had help from other engineers as well. </span>
