The Rapid Expansion of the Textile Industry in Great Britain

The rapid expansion of the textile industry in Great Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries:

A) was sustained by persistently high prices for clothing.
B) led to the withdrawal of children from the workforce.
C) was based overwhelmingly on domestic demand.
D) depended upon a large merchant marine and powerful navy.
E) was the result of the application of steam power to textile production.