The raising of the real wage of England (due to the shortage of labour as a result of the reduction in population), a trait shared across Western Europe, which in general led to a real wage in 1450 that was unmatched in most countries until the 19th or 20th century.
The gilding age led to rapid economic growth in the 20’s, known as the roaring 20’s which would help build America into the free capitalist country it is today.
Western and europeans in general fought each other a lot resulting in superior fighting tactics. Other places did not do this, giving europe a huge edge against everybody.
