TRUE. The country of Belgium lead Europe in adopting the industrial technology of Britain.
<span>The industrial revolution on the European continent began in Belgium. Belgium had traditionally enjoyed a vibrant trading tradition for many years. Flanders had a flourishing textile production . Walloon had an increasing growth of iron processing. South and East of Belgium contains large coal reserves. These factors, together with the creation of the steam engine, were keys to the growth of Industrial Revolution.</span>
The Industrial Revolution brought a shift from cottage industry production to mass production from factories with various powerful and specialized machinery. It resulted to the improvement of transportation, communication, and banking systems.
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Answer: Reagan did not stop communism (communism never existed and its ideology is still here....there are many communist parties all over the world which is quite surprising and incredible) but practiced very well Kennan´s strategy of "containment". Communism itself underwent serious crises (1956 Hungary, 1968 Czechoslovakia, 80s in Poland) ...in 1980s there was a lot of dissatisfaction in the Eastern block, anti-communist opposition was growing and USSR became aware that reforms are necessary. Gorbatchev (from 1985) was really aware that the communist regimes are no longer sustainable. There were various factors.
Explanation: communist regimes exhausted themselves, nothing worked....economically and ideologically as well. That was something which helped very much to Reagan.
