Why were early factories built near rivers? A. They needed the water for steam.
B. They needed the transportation route.
C. They needed the power source.
D. They wanted to have water for the population.

c. they needed the power source

Explanation:

Why were early factories built near rivers? They were built near rivers because water wheels powered the movement of the machines.

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answer: researching and understanding issues being considered by lawmakers.

explanation:

lobbying is the act of attempting to influence a politician's behaviour. lobbyists can be members of a constituency, organizations, businesses, non-profit organizations or professional lobbyists.

answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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