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AP World History: Modern
Unit 5 – Revolutions (1750-1900)
Topic 5.5
How might history be different if James Watt had never improved upon Newcomen’s steam engine?
Airplanes would not have been invented until much later.
Coal mining operations wouldn't exist.
There would be no use for fossil fuels today.
Industrialization could potentially have been delayed or progressed more slowly.
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