Muriel G. answered • 10/12/20
Professional Archaeologist Teaching Social Science from the Ground Up
There are several factors that contribute to the UK's success in trade, and you should pick the one that sounds right based on what your class is studying at the moment. The U.K. colonized 90% of the countries that currently exist at some point, usually for commodities like sugar or saltpeter, so a large portion of their trade successes can be attributed to forcing people either politically or militarily to trade with them. Capitalism also emerged early in the U.K. and was pioneered by a Scotsman named Adam Smith. With Capitalism came large companies that could operate at a scale that provided advantages in international trade, and these scale advantages in turn made commodities and novelties more accessible to an increasingly wealthy populace, which increased demand which incentivized colonizing the areas where those commodities were available.
