“Colonialism is the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.” Historically, countries such as Great Britain, France, Spain, and Portuguese send many expeditions to explore new lands and they established their rules on new lands and those territories became colonies. From the 16th century to the middle of 20th century, several European powers established colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The colonies help to strengthen economy of power country. Britain was the world’s leading colonial power. …show more content…
Prior this period most manufacturing was done in home or small rural shops using the hand tools and simple machine. The iron and textile industries played central role in industrial revolution. “A number of factors contributed to Britain’s role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.” Britain was political stable and has a lot of colonies which could serve as a source for raw materials, as well as a marketplace for manufactured goods. Not only iron and textile industries were running, but also big changes in the transportation industry, communication and banking systems. The life quality for poor class still challenged, but for middle and upper class the Industrial Revolution brought a greater volume and variety of factory-produced goods and raised the standard of