Industrial Revolution Update
Keeping Students Informed of Technological Advances!
Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?
1. Large deposits of coal and iron ore
2. England-a politically stable society + world's leading colonizing country
3. As colonial power, England's colonies could provide raw goods and serve as markets for manufactured goods.
Increase in demand for English goods = merchants' increased need for goods
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