大学英语英美概况12单元答案UnitTwelve.docVIP

Unit 12 The Industrial Revolution and the Formation of the British Empire After the period of the Civil War and the Revolution in the second half of the seventeenth century, Britain entered a new period. The centre of interest in the kingdom was shifted from the internal political struggle to the economic problems and foreign expansion. As the result, the economic development gave rise to the British Industrial Revolution in the last part of the 18th century and foreign expiation gave rise to the British Empire at the end of the nineteenth century. The Development of Britain after the Revoluti