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Which statement best describes how Great Britain’s colonial empire contributed to the industrial revolution beginning in Great Britain

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large population of workers
-natural resources: 1: water power and coal to fuel the new machines
2: iron ore to construct machines, tools, and buildings
3: rivers for inland transportation
4: harbors for merchant ships to sail
-expanding economy to support industrialization
-highly developed banking system which encouraged to invest in new machinery
-overseas trade
-economic prosperity
-climate of progress contributed to increased demand for goods
-parliament passed laws which protected business and helped expansion
-military and political success
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