Britain's+Early+industrialization

Mitch Bugaj Social, Cultural, Political, and economic reasons Britain was the first nation to industrialize

Britain was geared optimally, socially, culturally, politically, and economically for industrialization, and with eager investors and larger workforce they would become the first nation to industrialize.

Social reasons
 * children had higher survival rate, meaning many more workers
 * agricultural revolution made it possible to feed the work forces needed
 * rapid population growth
 * entrepreneurial class pushed for maximum profits

Cultural reasons political reasons
 * steam power revolutionized printing
 * cottage industries
 * protestant work ethic
 * businessmen were eager to invest
 * government's creation of patents
 * government limited monopolies
 * trade wasn't very restricted
 * enclosure of common land
 * war wasn't taking place in Britain but overseas

economic reasons
 * Machines were much faster than people
 * ram materials were readily available from the colonies
 * many people were eager to invest
 * British land was rich in coal and other metals