England During The Industrial Revolution

Technology is constantly advancing and innovating, through the ages the advancements have helped humanity achieve extraordinary feats. Moving backwards to where it all first started England had several factors that allowed it’s distinguished takeoff in the industrial revolution (in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing). During the 18th and 19th many individuals of England began pursuing more self-interest, which resulted in the commencement of what is known today as the birth industrial revolution. England reached further success than other nations during the industrial revolution due to several factors for example the fact that they had a stable
England during this time was the world’s leading colonial power which made it easier for engineers and inventors who were not only heavily respected in society but also encouraged and backed up by the nation’s wealthiest patrons. Labor was not an issue as all the inventions stated above were revolutionary in the textile industry which helped sky rocket production in new workplaces such as factories powered by steam engines. The population surge in the 18th century created a “grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working classes” forcing a lot of workers who were in the agriculture field to have to switch over to urbanized cities to find work in the factories in order to earn wages. Working in the factories was often dangerous and paid very little with workers ranging from young children to elderly men and women having to come from their rural homes to more urbanized cities to work in these unsafe conditions as agriculture workers having to adjust to operating the machines in the
There are several reasons as to why the industrialization was spread unevenly as “governments and guilds had regulations which often hindered innovation” compared to England’s laissez faire governmental system. Lack of adequate raw materials in continental Europe also contributed to a early implement of supply and demand as England had a vast majority of the resources located inland. Markets in continental Europe were localized and contrary to England nations such as Italy, Spain, Russia had poor transportation infrastructures making it harder to expand trade. However not all the nations in continental Europe lacked these factors as Belgium, Northern France, and Germany were able to industrialize but not to the level of England’s production at the time which lead to its overall prosperity over it’s neighboring