WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Steam power allowed for factories to be located anywhere. It also provided reliable power and could be used to power large machines. Who invented the steam engine?

Detailed explanation-2: -The steam engine turned the wheels of mechanized factory production. Its emergence freed manufacturers from the need to locate their factories on or near sources of water power. Large enterprises began to concentrate in rapidly growing industrial cities.

Detailed explanation-3: -A social structure allowed and even encouraged people of different classes to work together, especially artisans, who worked with their hands, working with financiers, provided capital. As factories grew, the cottage industry died out and the factories were built in cities, especially near waterways.

Detailed explanation-4: -Centralized workplace-Rather than have individual workers spread out in their homes and workshops, the factory was a large central place where many workers came together to make products. Factories were necessary because the machinery was expensive, large, needed power, and was operated by many workers.

Detailed explanation-5: -People found an extra source of energy with an incredible capacity for work. 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.