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Why did industrialization begin in Great Britain rather than France

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Great Britain had the necessary factors for production. It had the most necessary natural resources, such as the first sources of power, rivers and canals, and later important raw materials such as coal and iron. It had wealthy people from their society of merchants and an available labor force. France was still mostly a feudal/agrarian society and had been devastated by constant wars.
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