Question

Which statement best describes how Great Britain's colonial empire

contributed to the Industrial Revolution beginning in Great Britain?
A. Disruptions in British colonies caused the British to invest in
industrial military technology.
B. Industrial factories were established in British colonies to keep
pollution out of British cities.
C. Resources from British colonies provided the raw materials used
in industrialization.
O D. New economic ideas emerged from the British colonies and
helped drive industrialization.
SUBMIT

Answer 1

C. Resources from British colonies provided the raw materials used

in industrialization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Means of production were in Britain.

Britain was very polluted because of industrialization.

Answer 2

C. Resources from British colonies provided the raw materials used

in industrialization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Great Britain lacked large reservoirs of natural resources, and typically relied on their navy not only for exploration, but also establishment of colonies in hopes of finding natural resources. This led to Great Britain seeking for new land in which to establish farms, gather resources, or even to seek for other human populations in hopes of trading for resources, information on where to obtain them, etc.

Examples that can back this claim can include the Southern colonies of what is now known as the original 13 colonies of the United States, which provided fishing industries and textile in the North, general farming for food and materials in the Middle colonies, and cash crops in the South. All of these were used, taxed and traded for by Great Britain, with a certain degree of control.

With obtaining the natural resources throughout the empire, the groundwork for the spawn of the Industrial Revolution was set, and it was bound to happen.

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