Which of the following factors does Robert C. Allen cite to explain why the Industrial revolution happened in Britain and not elsewhere? (Choose all answers that you think are correct. You will earn 0.5 marks for each correct answer; 0.5 marks will be deducted for each in correct answer.)

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The high cost of labour in relation to the cost of capital.

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An abundance of cheap energy

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Britain's democratic constitution, which allowed aristocratic resistance to industrialisation to be defeated.

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Britain's more advanced level of scientific knowledge compared to other European countries

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