Question

Why did Industrial revolution start from Britain?
1. Occurrence of the Agricultural Revolution of the eighteenth century.
2. All of the given options.
3. Britain had a ready supply of capital for investment in the new industrial machines and the factories.
4. Britain had a rich supply of the important mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : All of the given options.

• Britain was the first country to experience modern industrialization due to its political stability under the monarchy.
• Due to this, the kingdom had common laws, a single currency, and a market that was not fragmented by local authorities.
• In the eighteenth century, England had been through a major economic change, later described as the ‘agricultural revolution’.
• In Britain, the initial industrialization period coincides almost exactly with the period of occurrence of the Agricultural Revolution of the eighteenth century.
• The building of the railways and the construction of a massive heavy industry in Britain in the 1840s was the main reason. Britain had a ready supply of capital for investment in the new industrial machines and the factories.
• Britain had a rich supply of important mineral resources such as coal and iron ore. Britain had a long history of producing textiles like wool, linen, and cotton.
• But prior to the Industrial Revolution, the British textile business was a true “cottage industry,” with the work performed in small workshops or even homes by individual spinners, weavers, and dyers.

Important invention during the Industrial revolution

Inventions	Invented by
Steam Engine	James Watt
Cotton Gin	Eli Whitney
Telephone	Alexander Graham Bells
Electric Bulb	Thomas Edison