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by AsmaraHolding 24 days ago
It’s incredible how much the Industrial Revolution was a purely British endeavour. The contributions of other major global powers like France, Spain, and the US were negligible compared to Britain and occurred much later.
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Goes to show being first gets you nothing but your notes copied.
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It got them to be world's greatest power for a century.