Political stability and a relatively well-developed banking and financial system in 18th-century Britain contributed to industrialisation primarily by:
A.
Restricting all forms of trade
B.
Discouraging any form of investment
C.
Prohibiting private enterprise entirely
D.
Facilitating the accumulation and investment of capital needed to fund new machinery and factories
C. An expanding domestic market for manufactured goods and an increased pool of available labour
9.
The cotton textile industry is widely regarded as the leading sector of Britain's early Industrial Revolution, driven forward by a series of key mechanical inventions in:
The device invented by John Kay in 1733, which significantly sped up the weaving process by allowing a weaver to work a much wider loom single-handedly, was the:
The spinning jenny, a hand-powered multi-spindle spinning frame that allowed a single worker to spin multiple threads of yarn simultaneously, was invented in 1764 by:
