Technology also determined Britain to be the leader in the industrial revolution. With the advent of machinery that cold process raw cotton into textiles, industry spread across the major cities of the British Isles, fed by the resources and cash crops of the New World colonies, including the former colonies of the United States.
In the US, Britain became our best market for cotton because of this, and we also were able to successfully copy their machinery designs and bring industry to the United States, particularly in the northeast.
No comments:
Post a Comment