One of the Major Events That Occurred at the Beginning

question 45

Multiple Choice

One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was

• A)the creation of unions to protect the workers.
• B)when Parliament passed laws to ensure minimum wages.
• C)when factories were built in the villages near the workers.
• D)the invention of the steam engine by James Watt.

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