Why was Great Britain the first country to industrialize? It has large deposits of coal and iron. It had acquired advanced technology from Russia. It was the largest country in Europe. It had slave labor to work in the new factories.

A. It has large deposits of coal and iron

Explanation:

These deposits were also located near the shores which allowed for the transportation of these natural resources in the country. The British were indeed aware of their advantage and did not allow anyone to share their technological plans out of the country (which some did anyways.)

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.