Why was Britain the leader in the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

The Industrial Revolution started in England in the last decades of the 18th century as a result of new technologies of the steam engine, spinning machines, and weaving cloth from using steam rather than water power. The second industrial revolution began a century later in the US and Germany. One of the things that made a difference was the use of coal which allowed the English to make iron.

Answer 2

Because Britain's population was very high at the time.

Answer 3

Relative easy availability of coal. British brains.

Answer 4

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