Essay #1- Discuss the combination of social, cultural, political, and economic factors that allowed Great Britain to be the first nation to industrialize. Many factors regarding society, culture, politics, and economics combined to allow for the industrialization of Great Britain, prior to that in other nations. With no models to copy, and no idea of what to expect, England had to pioneer not only in industrial technology, but also in social relations and urban living. …showed first 75 words of 556 total…

…showed last 75 words of 556 total…The decisive quickening of growth probably came in the late 1700’s, after the American war for independence and just before the French Revolution. Therefore, the great economic and political revolutions that shaped the modern world occurred almost simultaneously, though they began in different countries. In conclusion, all these factors, whether economic, social, political, or cultural all in some way led to the start of the Industrial Revolution, which would eventually shape the world of today.