USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Industrial Revolution was powered by coal. It was a cheaper alternative than wood fuel, and produced more energy when burned. Coal provided the steam and power needed to mass-produce items, generate electricity, and fuel steamships and trains that were necessary to transport items for trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Over the next two centuries, coal replaced wood as the country’s main source of energy, fuelling the expansion of industry and of the urban population.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between about 1500 and 1660 Britain’s basic fuel supply, wood, began to fail, and after much re-adjustment over a prolonged crisis was replaced by coal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Any natural substance that humans use can be considered a natural resource. Oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone and sand are natural resources. Other natural resources are air, sunlight, soil and water.

Detailed explanation-5: -That source was fossil fuels-coal, oil, and natural gas, though coal led the way-formed underground from the remains of plants and animals from much earlier geologic times.