How did James Watt influence the industrial revolution?

A: his political activism convinced factory owners to pay fair wages

B. one of his innovations became a key power source for textile mills

C. the factory he founded went on to become the largest in the world

D. he smuggled key industrial technology out of great Britain for the first time?

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Harley Fitzpatrick

3 September, 21:39

How did James Watt influence the industrial revolution?

A: his political activism convinced factory owners to pay fair wages

B. one of his innovations became a key power source for textile mills

C. the factory he founded went on to become the largest in the world

D. he smuggled key industrial technology out of great Britain for the first time?

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Gisselle Heath · Answer 1

A number of people had produced steam engines of sorts. Watt took the steam engine design of a man named Thomas Newcomen and made it much more efficient. This was Watt's major contribution to the Industrial Revolution ... It is sometimes said that James Watt invented the steam engine.