SAT II World History : Global Developments
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Example Question #31 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
James Watt is generally remembered as the inventor of __________.
the steam engine
laissez-faire capitalism
the railroad
the factory system
automobiles
the steam engine
James Watt was a Scottish inventor who helped perfect the Newcomen Steam Engine in the 1770s. Although he did not actually invent the steam engine, he is generally remembered as having done so. His adaptations to the steam engine created the necessary machinery that led to the Industrial Revolution.
Example Question #32 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Industrial Revolution arose first in __________.
England
the United States
France
Germany
Russia
England
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the early nineteenth century. Due to England's relative wealth, agricultural prosperity, surplus of workers, colonial holdings, and history of capitalist democracy, the prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution were heavily concentrated there. The Industrial Revolution quickly spread from England around Europe and to North America.
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