Editing Industrial Revolution (section)

==Requirements==
Several key factors enabled industrialisation. High agricultural productivity—exemplified by the [[British Agricultural Revolution]]—freed up [[Laborer|labor]] and ensured food surpluses. The presence of skilled [[managers]] and [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneurs]], an extensive network of ports, rivers, canals, and roads for efficient transport, and abundant natural resources such as coal, iron, and water power further supported industrial growth. Political stability, a legal system favorable to business, and access to [[financial capital]] also played crucial roles. Once industrialisation began in Britain in the 18th century, its spread was facilitated by the eagerness of British entrepreneurs to export industrial methods and the willingness of other nations to adopt them. By the early 19th century, industrialisation had reached Western Europe and the United States, and by the late 19th century, Japan.<ref>Christine Rider, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution 1700–1920'', (2007) pp. xiii–xxxv.</ref><ref>Phyllis Deane "The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain" in Carlo M. Cipolla ed., ''The Fontana Economic History of Europe: The Emergence of industrial societies Vol 4 part 2 '' (1973) pp 161–174.</ref>