Why did the Industrial Revolution spread more slowly to Continental Europe than in Britain?
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Correct answer: Political instability and internal tariffs (tolls) between small states
While Britain was a unified market, the Continent was divided by many borders and the Napoleonic Wars. Frequent conflicts and the absence of a centralized banking system delayed the adoption of British-style industrialization.
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