Industrialization Of Britain And Japan

While two ships can reach the same destination; nevertheless that does mean they would have used the same route on their voyage. Therefore, the same can be said for industrialization of Britain and Japan. Both ascended to become great modern industrialization nation, although both took different paths to get there. What sets Great Britain apart from Japan was it did not have a role model to follow since it was the first industrial nation. Therefore the cause of its industrialization must have much contrast with Japans. Britain’s industrialization must pay tribute to its growing population, political stability and geographical advantage By the 1700, Britain underwent a population growth which they need to procure new lands to colonize the excess population (3). As the population grew so did the need for increase labor opportunities to work in the factories, and more demand for the products that the factories produced. However the biggest advantage Britain had that spurred their modern thinking into industrial factories was its geography. England had fast flowing
Therefore, they had to make substantially larger allocation of the national budget to increase the size of their armed forces to protect themselves from outside invasion (7). The same as Britain, Japan is an island nation with outstanding ports on the Pacific Coast with its shores thriving with sea life of all kinds (6). The Pacific Ocean gave the people of Japan the abundant supplies of natural resource which could keep them isolated from the rest of the world. These factors help propel the Japanese navy into one to the strongest and greatest navy in modern times. Therefore, in order to turn back the western imperialism, Japan had to inaugurate a partnership with China to help strength the region