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Factors That Favored The Production of The First Industrial Revolution in The Great Britain
Factors That Favored The Production of The First Industrial Revolution in The Great Britain
Factors That Favored The Production of The First Industrial Revolution in The Great Britain
Factors That Favored the Production of the First Industrial Revolution in the Great Britain
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Factors That Favored the Production of the First Industrial Revolution in the Great
Britain
Various factors influenced the successful occurrence of the first industrial in the Great
Britain. Such factors include agricultural revolution, supply of capital, mineral resources, the
geography of Britain, and the supply of markets. One of the major challenges that countries
undergoing industrial revolution face is supply of capital. Pollard (1964), however, states that the
case of the Great Britain was different considering the fact that it was the first country to
experience industrial revolution. Capital in the Great Britain had long been accumulated before
the year 1760, and were invested in faring, commerce, finance, and in raw materials and stocks
of already manufactured products. Pollard (1964) ascertains that the new age of industrialization
was epitomized by larger resources, which were directed to machinery, factories and/or mines.
This is basically characterized by a highly increasing population and more effective agricultural
practices and produces, which offered enough calories to satisfy the entire population.
Agricultural revolution is considered one amongst the most impactful factors that led to
industrial revolution. Markedly, agriculture for business grew so fast while sustenance farming
diminished leading to the rise of commercial enterprise on agricultural produce by 1800 (Brooks,
2020). The larger population also provided immediate labor for agricultural sector.
British was further advantageous due to the availability coal in plenty, which was
mined and turned into energy. Nonetheless, due to its toxicity and cumbersome process of
extraction from the underground, coal would only be used in rare cases during the industrial
revolution (Brooks, 2020). During the industrial revolution in Britain, the growing population
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various parts of Europe offered ready market for the produces. This way, Britain was able to
manufacture more products even for outside people who visit with good will.
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Pollard, S. (1964). Fixed Capital in the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The Journal of Economic
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2116323