Question

Apart from Great Britain, Belgium, and France, why did other European countries take longer to industrialize?(1 point)

Other European countries did not have the same level of money or power to begin with as Great Britain, Belgium, and France.

Other European countries did not have the same level of monopoly to begin with as Great Britain, Belgium, and France.

Answer 1

The first statement is correct. Many other European countries lacked the capital, natural resources, stable institutions, infrastructure and access to overseas markets (and often still had serfdom or fragmented political systems), all of which slowed investment and industrial growth. The word “monopoly” in the second choice is not the main reason.