What were the necessary conditions for the Industrial Revolution to first occur in Britain? What was the most important technological innovation in the Industrial Revolution?

Necessary conditions: Britain has huge overseas colonies, which expands market demand

The most important technology: Watt's improved steam engine

Influence: Britain becomes the world market center and world factory, in order to dump goods and actively engage in foreign colonial expansion, it launched two Opium Wars against China, thus opening up China's borders and China began to degenerate into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. Objectively, it spread advanced production methods and stimulated the emergence of China's modern industry