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Why industrial revolution took place in England? |
| Answer» There were many factors that support Britain to become the epicentre of the Industrial Revolution. Important factors are given below:1. Continental European countries could not adopt Industrial Revolution as early as Britain because Europe faced\xa0political instability.2.\xa0French Revolution and Napoleonic wars\xa0kept the Europe engaged. Belgium was first to follow British footsteps. Germany also has its ‘Ruhr’ are Industrialized. Soon other European nations followed suit.3.\xa0Britain had adequate capital\xa0which was\xa0accumulated through colonialism.4. Disappearance of\xa0serfdom\xa0(a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal\xa0lord) and ‘enclosure movement’\xa0provided huge surplus agricultural labour which looked for employment and became source of cheap labour. | |