James watt played an important role in the industrial revolution by
o developing a process to make textiles efficiently.
o making steam engines a reliable power source.
o inventing the steamboat to carry goods and people
encouraging the growth of cottage industries.

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.