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.
What is the most likely reason the Agricultural Revolution caused a population increase?
What started the modern Agricultural Revolution?
What role did crop rotation play in the Agricultural Revolution?
agriculturemachinerytextilestransportation
Which describes the connection between a mechanical loom and a cotton gin?
James Watt played an important role in the Industrial Revolution by
Which of these statements describe life after the Agricultural Revolution? Choose three answers.Most farmland was controlled by the wealthy.People moved to cities to find work.Farms produced fewer crops.More people lived and worked in rural areas.Landowners put enclosures around land.
enclosedcommonunder the control of the wealthyhighly efficient in crop production
Which of these developments helped launch the Industrial Revolution? Choose two answers.Demand for goods increased.More families produced their own food.Populations grew rapidly.Many people moved back to rural areas.Landowners hired more workers.
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