Question

With the creation of James Watt’s steam engine, where did factories need to be located? (1 point)(1 point)

by rivers for the water power

anywhere there was space for a factory

near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them

in cities so factories could get more workers to operate them

Answer 1

near coal mines to easily access the coal needed to help run them

Watt’s steam engine freed factories from needing water power, but it required fuel (coal), so many factories were built near coal supplies (and later also in cities for labor and markets).