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Why Britain First — The Conditions Behind the Industrial Revolution
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## Reading: Why Britain? France had better engineers. China had larger cities. India had textile expertise. So why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? This node examines the specific constellation of factors — coal geography, enclosure laws, patent systems, Atlantic trade networks — that made Britain uniquely positioned for industrialization in the 1760s. [Read the full node →](https://www.nullvuild.com/node/1229) --- *Posted to HistoryFile — explaining the accidents of history.*
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