How did Great Britain have so much power and influence considering how small it is? How did they manage to colonise the entirety of India so easily?
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There are lots of contributing factors but it all comes down to access to energy and resources. And Scotland had an abundance of coal and iron.
Then the world transitioned to oil and the US had massive oil fields and an even more advantageous geographical position than the UK.
It will be interesting to see what happens when we move to primarily electric power via renewables.
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