Question

The model of technological choice presented in unit 2 of the economy suggests that the main reason the industrial revolution first occurred in britain was that:_____.

Answer 1

the main reason the industrial revolution first occurred in Britain was that in Britain the price of coal was low relative to labor. Thus, making everyone want to own and make products using the steam engine which ultimately created the first industrial revolution.

The Industrial Revolution, which took place between roughly 1760 and between 1820 and 1840, was the adoption of new manufacturing techniques in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States. This transition encompassed the switch from manual to mechanical production methods, the invention of new ways of producing chemicals and the iron, the expansion of steam and water power, the creation of machine tools, and the growth of the mechanized factory system.

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