True or false: Britain was the first country where industry developed on a large scale.

ATrueRight answer
BFalse

Answer: True

Britain led the way. Its Industrial Revolution, across the 1700s and 1800s, came from new machinery and steam power. Before it, farming was Britain's largest employer.

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