工业革命是人类赖以生存的资源基础，由不可再生的土地转为可再生的资本，而工业化是在此基础上，将大部分农业人口转为工业人口。英国是世界上最早实现工业化的国家，在这一过程中，采取了一些特殊的方式，一方面在大力发展劳动密集型工业的同时，加速技术进步；另一方面在扩大工业品出口的同时，将农业生产转向海外；此外，还大量向海外殖民地移民等，英国通过这些途径大大加快了农业劳动力的转移。 The industrial revolution is the resource base upon which human beings depend for their survival, and from non-renewable land to renewable capital. On the basis of this, industrialization turns the majority of agricultural population into industrial population. As the earliest industrialized country in the world, the United Kingdom adopted some special methods in this process. On the one hand, while vigorously developing labor-intensive industries, the United States accelerated its technological progress. On the other hand, while expanding the export of industrial products, In addition, a large number of immigrants to overseas colonies and so on, the United Kingdom through these channels has greatly accelerated the transfer of agricultural labor force.