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Why was great britain the starting point for the industrial revolution?

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1) population growth
2)movement of workers to cities to provide labor force
3)plentiful resources; ports, rivers, canals, access to sea, coal, and iron
4)skilled inventors
5)accumulated needed capital to start businesses
6)stable government
7)no river tolls
8) powerful british navy
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Because great Britain had all of the supplies such as coal and iron ore that was needed for the maturating process
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