The term mouse fly is kind of a contradiction and one of the types of flies that brings the word fly in fly fishing almost as far away from something flying as possible - still surpassed by shrimp flies not to mention crab flies, but anyway...
One of the reasons Britain became rich was because the Industrial Revolution (factories and such) got off the ground there sooner. Britain had a large navy, and many colonies in other parts of the world, such as India, and Rhodesia.
  The Industrial Revolution, which began in England, was a period in  the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the life of ordinary  people was changed dramatically forever. It was a time of numerous  inventions, so industry developed so fast that society could barely  keep up. revolution in agriculture in the 1700s created conditions that favored the Industrial Revolution.Farmers began growing new crops and using new technology such as the seed dr â¦ ill and the iron plow. Increased food production improved people's diet and health, which in turn contributed to rapid population growth.