WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How did improvements in transportation promote industrialization in Britain? Canals cut the cost of transporting materials; improved roads fostered the movement of heavy wagons; railroads linked manufacturing cities with raw materials.

Detailed explanation-2: -Road transport evolved from packhorses and small wagons to large wagons and stagecoaches running continuously between London and major cities. Eventually steam powered rail wagons and coaches would displace both horse-drawn wagons and stagecoaches resulting in a fundamental change in freight transport and travel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Railroads became a major industry, stimulating other heavy industries such as iron and steel production. These advances in travel and transport helped drive settlement in the western regions of North America and were integral to the nation’s industrialization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Not only did the railroads transport raw materials used in industrial production, such as coal and iron ore, the railroads were also one of the largest consumers of raw materials in their own right. The growth of railroads thus led to growth in other industries, such as timber and coal.