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Furthermore the Industrial Revolution stimulated the need for a trading empire to supply its materials. Nowadays we have global free trade (enforced by the US N
by jahewson 2y ago
Furthermore the Industrial Revolution stimulated the need for a trading empire to supply its materials. Nowadays we have global free trade (enforced by the US Navy - yet more technology) so trading empires are unnecessary.
- inetknght 2y agoSome might argue that the US Navy enforces trade to be more free for some than others.
- concordDance 2y agoI often hear this, but other than cotton, what industrial materials needed to be imported? My understanding is that coal, wood and iron ore were plentiful in England itself.