Britain first used their military power to seize India. They then blocked the Indians from manufacturing a vast variety of manufactured goods and forced farmers to produce certain cash crops (like cotton), to be sold only to the British at fixed prices. They then imported those raw materials to their home country and then exported finished goods to India. They basically captured themselves a monopoly which kickstarted the industrial revolution. It&#x27;s telling that it was Britain and not Germany where the revolution happened. A bit of reading would tell you this..