The Industrial Revolution happened in the Great Betanha because that place met the necessary conditions for the aflorescer of industrial capitalism.
The success of English mercantilism created an entrepreneurial bourgeoisie, guaranteed that Great Betanha had access to raw materials from the colonies, consolidated the capital accumulation necessary for the invesment in machines and generated a large-scale consumer market for English products.
In addition, the country also had essential natural resources for the first industrial revolution, such as iron for the creation of the machines and the coal that was the first fuel.