HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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What resource did the UK get from the U.S.A?
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Cotton
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guns
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plastic
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The figures are astonishing. As Dattel explains: “Britain, the most powerful nation in the world, relied on slave-produced American cotton for over 80 per cent of its essential industrial raw material. English textile mills accounted for 40 percent of Britain’s exports.
Detailed explanation-2: -Calico and chintz, types of cotton fabrics, became popular in Europe, and by 1664 the East India Company was importing a quarter of a million pieces into Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Before the American Civil War, cotton produced in the American South had accounted for 77 percent of the 800 million pounds of cotton used in Great Britain.
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