Question

The excerpt is from The History of Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, by Edward Baines. A great number of streams . . . furnish water-power adequate to turn many hundred mills: they afford the element of water, indispensable for scouring, bleaching, printing, dyeing, and other processes of manufacture: and when collected in their larger channels, or employed to feed canals, they supply a superior inland navigation, so important for the transit of raw materials and merchandise. According to the excerpt, in what ways did water help England’s industrial boom?
A>) Water supplied power and a means of transportation.
B>)Water helped people build hundreds of mills.
C>)Water helped people trade goods with nations overseas.
D>)Water enabled people to create raw materials.

Answer 1

Answer;

A. Water supplied power and a means of transportation.

Explanation;

The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban.  Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production.

A number of factors contributed to Britain's role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which proved essential for industrialization.

The Industrial Revolution relied on water for power and transport until the coming of the steam engine and the railways.