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.
It is still not clear among economic historians why the Industrial Revolution actually took place in 18th century Britain. This column explains that it is the British Empireâs success in international trade that created Britainâs high wage, cheap energy economy, and it was the spring board for the Industrial Revolution.he Industrial Revolution was invented in Britain in the eighteenth century because that was where it paid to invent it. The success of R&D programs in eighteenth century Britain depended on another characteristic of the high wage economy.