Why did the first Industrial Revolution take place in Britain and what were its main consequences?
… changes of this period, which have made this period of time important, it is the changes between economics and social relations which are also considered important. I.e. the Capitalist-worker relationship which was developed. It is extremely difficult to give just one reason for why the Industrial Revolution took place. Some early researchers into the development of the Industrial Revolution were said to have misunderstood why it had taken place. Many people thought that the Industrial Revolution and the reason why it had taken place could be described as a simple transformation from feudalism to capitalism. However, others argued that this was not the case. The reason being was that when the Industrial Revolution had taken place, Britain was already a capitalist society. Therefore for the Industrial Revolution to take place, a certain set of social and economic forces would have had to be present and these could have only been …
