Britain's Ability to Establish Itself as the Workshop of the World

Britain 's ability to build factories around the world between 1780 and 1846, Britain became the world' s largest industrialized country or a journalist in the "world factory" era. The UK produces many raw materials for the industry in the UK and worldwide. For trade, the UK has become a very wealthy country. Prior to 1780, the UK recognized that it could develop into a favorable factor for an organized industrialized society.

During the Vienna Conference in 1815 and the French-Prussian War in 1870, the UK was the only industrialized country in the world and the world's industrial output in 1870 exceeded 30%. As a "factory in the world", the UK can produce finished products. They are very efficient and cheap, so they can underestimate locally produced items in foreign markets. Given the stable political situation in certain overseas markets, the UK can prosper through free trade without resorting to formal rule. The implementation of Monroeism in the UK hindered establishing formal rules in this region, especially in the Americas (especially in Argentina and the US), as an informal British trade empire. It is closely related to the belief that the UK is responsible for regulating the world, ie responsible for protecting trade.

Britain wants to keep the secret of industrialization to establish an excellent global position. However, although the law limits the spread of knowledge, the idea of ​​the Industrial Revolution is spreading more slowly beyond the UK. For example, a young factory worker named Samuel Slater was able to escape to the United States and build spinning machines from memories. The French Revolution in the British Revolution and the Napoleonic war confused the business activities throughout Europe. By physically participating in this fight, the UK has a major advantage over other European countries. Products such as wool and cotton from the UK factory exceeds the European market

The war of European theaters including the countries outside the UK and France began in 1756, but the UK was one of the major players of the seven year war between 1754 and 1763 (hence the "seven year war" It is called. In 1763, the UK gained a large number of new territories in the Paris Convention and became the best navy in the world. From 1754 to 1555 I went to France in North America and lost Menorca Island in 1756. In the same year, Britain's main ally, Austria changed its position and kept in line with France; the UK was in a hurry to establish a new alliance with Frederick the Great's Prussia. Over the next seven years, these two countries competed with more and more enemy forces led by France.