How did britain come to be known as the workshop of the world - Social Science - Weavers Iron Smelters and Factory Owners

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How did britain come to be known as the workshop of the world?

Antara Singh · Accepted Answer

Mechanised manufacturing of cotton textiles made
Britain the leading industrial nation in the nineteenth
century
Additionally, with the growth of its iron and
steel industry from the 1850s, Britain came to be known as the
“workshop of the world”
The beginning of the iron and steel industry in
Britain helped it to build everything, right from buttons to
cars