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Britain prospered due to the productivity of its colonies in India and North America. Of
course, many other countries also wanted those colonies and England waged wars with France,
Spain and the Netherlands. Textile industry became the most important and developed industry in
England. It was a time of domestic peace and prosperity.
Queen Anne (1702 1714). Her successors were in fact German they didn't even speak
English ans were the beginning of the Hannove dynasty. George I (1714 1727), George II ( 1727
1760), george III (1760 1820) in 1783 he lost the American colonies, except Canada.
Reason and common sense pervaded the land. Isaac newton lived during that time. It was
also the beginning of the industrial revolution, which was precipitated by the invention of the steam
engine by James Watt in 1775. Trading developed quickly, especially importing.