Not many people worried about their child's education because children would already work jobs. Boys would usually help their fathers with work and girls would help their mothers with house work and (when they reach the age) get married. But when children were not allowed to work jobs at a young age they would start attending school. Also their were not many schools and they wouldn't get funded much so they were not in the best condition.
-Britain started it first both physically and politically.
-Large populations of potential workers
-water power and coal to power machines
-iron to make tools, machines, and factories
-river transport
-harbors to ship and sell products
Great Britain is the uppermost outlined box, below that is France, the 2nd to last one is United States, and the lowest one is The Netherlands.
Its to like put them at harm or in a negative sutiation/position.