Why did great britain enjoy a head start over continental europe in industrialization? flat terrain made transportation in britain easier. british workers were more highly educated. britain had extensive coal deposits. britain suffered from unemployment so it had a ready workforce.

The correct answer is "Britain had extensive coal deposits".

Great Britain is one of the locations where the Industrial Period started back in half of the 18th century. One of the key factors that contributed to the rapid development of this country was their vast coal deposits. Coal is an input necessary for the production of steel, which was the main material to be utilized during the Industrial Revolution. A great majority of the developments in manufacturing methods throughout numerous industries included the use of steel as a primary material.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.