- The Industrial Revolution spread from Great Britain to the continent, where the state played a big role in advocating for industrial changes.
- Great Britain gained its industrial dominance through the production of textiles, iron and steel, and new transportation systems.
- Britain’s parliamentary government promoted commercial and industrial interests, only because those interests were in Parliament's interest.
- France moved toward industrialization at a more slow pace than Great Britain, due to less dislocation of traditional methods of production but they also had the government's approval.
- Industrialization in Prussia allowed that state to become the leader of a unified Germany, which from then on had rapid changes and growth along with the government's approval.
- A whole combination of factors, including geography, lack of recourses, the dominance of elites with much land, the persistence of serfdom, and not enough government sponsorship is the explanation for eastern and southern Europe’s lack in fast industrial development.
*All information is taken from AP European History Curriculum Framework
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For more information on how the Industrial Revolution started in Europe, then I highly suggest you visit the following site which will further inform you on the revolution.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/paper_money/paper_money_of_england__wales/the_industrial_revolution.aspx
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