Britain in the 18th and 19th Century moved from a pre industrial to an industrial society. This move was not a natural or obvious progression. Exactly what can explain this revolution is still open to much contention. Global trade and Empire certainly influenced this process this essay will explore the degree to which trade and empire can explain industrial growth or weather other factors played a more dominant role. We must draw a distinction between …
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…to understand industrial Britain in the 18th and 19th Century. This is inadequate in explaining the complexity of the situation. It is true that many different factors played their role. The empire and world trade contributed to almost all the pre-request for industrialisation stated above. This leads me to conclude the reason why Britian industrialised first and why it was such a dynamic trading nations can probably be explained by the global trade and empire.