How did the Industrial Revolution lead to European imperialism?

Question 10 options:

a)

Because Americans supplied Europeans with the telegram, Morse code, the spinning jenny and the steel plow.

b)

Because the new technology gave Europeans stronger weapons, faster communication and efficient transportation; this gave them an advantage over countries without these new technologies.

c)

Because Africa and India had all the natural resources France and Germany needed to make new machinery like the train.

d)

Because India had people willing to work in coal mines, on boats for long periods of time and in dangerous factories in the United Kingdom.

b) Because the new technology gave Europeans stronger weapons, faster communication, and efficient transportation; this gave them an advantage over countries without these new technologies.