The correct answer is it tried to keep English inventions and methods to itself
Explanation: The British Industrial Revolution began as a result of a series of economic, social and political factors that occurred in England in the second half of the eighteenth century.
England was a unified country with a relatively stable political situation, free of customs duties, and a well-established insurance system and banking infrastructure.
In the eighteenth century it became a dominant international economic power and accumulated large sums of capital. In addition, the large number of natural ports and navigable rivers, many linked by new channels, meant that domestic and international consumption were easily interconnected.