Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Why Great Britain Started the Industrial Revolution
- Labour
- Capital
- Market
- The end of the French Revolutionand the war of Napoleon opened the continent up to British products
- The Latin Americain war of independence opened the market of Central and South America
- the United States and Canada demanded British products
- through its control of India, Britian commanded the markets of southern Asia
- Transportation
- Canals
- Railways (1830 and 1840 were great railway building ages)
- Entreperneurship
- Strong middle class
- Liberal nobles were willing to invest in new ventures
- Government Support
- Strong navy protects merchant ships
- Commercially minded parilament
- Few laws limited entreperneurs on what the could do