One explanation for Britain's lead in the Industrial Revolution was that:
A) the majority of its entrepreneurs were from the aristocracy.
B) the government subsidized all rural industry.
C) the pursuit of wealth was perceived as a worthy goal in life.
D) Oxford and Cambridge produced a surplus of engineers.
E) Britain had been untouched by the Napoleonic Wars.
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