How did the island of England become a power(wayyyy back then, not now) and conquer larger lands when they had such limited land, food and supplies?
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Being an island Britain invested in its navy early on. As global trade started to arrive this navy allowed the UK to take full advantage of this which brought a lot of money in.
As world populations grew wood became expensive which pushed every prices up. The UK also had a lot of accessible coal which could be used for energy and kept energy prices down.
Having lots of money and cheap energy in the evening led to the industrial revolution which massively increased the ability to make ships and weapons, as well as allowing much more intensive farming.
Of course the UK wasn’t the only European country to have a large empire, Spain controlled huge parts of North, Central and South America for hundreds of years.
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