(I) In comparison to Britain, industrialization in other
regions of Europe took much longer to get started.
(II) The Industrial Revolution was a transition from the
world of hand-made products to a factory system based
on machine-made products. (III) With the exception of
Belgium, which began to industrialize in 1806,
industrialization on the British model started after 1830.
(IV) It needed the combination of several factors for the
Industrial Revolution in Britain at all. (V) Investments in
new commercial enterprises, a large available workforce
and active markets encouraged industrialization in
Britain almost a century before the rest of Europe.