HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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blockaded the United States from engaging in international trade
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sent messengers with misleading information to the United States
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forbade engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers from leaving the country
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charged impossible fees for the secrets to industrialization
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Detailed explanation-1: -Success in international trade created Britain’s high wage, cheap energy economy, and it was the spring board for the Industrial Revolution. High wages and cheap energy created a demand for technology that substituted capital and energy for labour. These incentives operated in many industries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Those industries would manufacture the goods the United States could no longer import. United States began in the textile industry. Eager to keep the secrets of industri-alization to itself, Britain had forbidden engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers to leave the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -In order to stop the spread of industrial technology, Britain forbade mechanics, engineers, and others from leaving the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the War of 1812, Britain blockaded the United States, trying to keep it from engaging in international trade. This blockade forced the young country to use its own resources to develop independent industries. Those industries would manufacture the goods the United States could no longer import.
Detailed explanation-5: -Britain was unable to keep industrial secrets away from other nations because of illegal smugglers. Although Britain forbid engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers to leave the country many ended up finding a way to leave the country even though they weren’t supposed to.