Why was Britain the first country to industrialize?
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a. Industrialization requires the following: 1 ) a source of minerals to fuel industrialization, 2 ) a large and mobile labor force, 3 ) a level of agricultural productivity and efficiency to support a growing population that is increasingly engaged in non-agricultural work, 4 ) sufficient capital to invest in new technology, and 5 ) markets to absorb the industrial goods produced.
b. Coal, the first energy source of the Industrial Revolution, was not only abundant but easy to extract in Britain.
c. Britain's population experienced the greatest rates of growth among the European countries.
d. The process of enclosure improved the efficiency of land use and encouraged agricultural innovations that increased yields; it also displaced a number of small farmers who would form the core of the industrial working class.
e. British commercial dominance in the eighteenth century resulted in the accumulation of capital.
f. The large population in Britain and the expansion of British power abroad created large markets, both domestic and overseas.
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A) remained staunchly national. B) managed to keep social divisions from occurring. C) had divided over slavery. D) were already eroded by sectionalism.
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