What explains the success of English cloth making in the sixteenth and XV-XVI centuries?

The development of foreign trade contributed to the rapid growth of cloth-making in England. The sharp demand for English cloth contributed to the abolition of workshops and the creation of manufactories. Hired labor was intensively used in manufactories. Cheap raw materials were imported in large quantities from the colonial English possessions, which allowed the owners to make huge profits and accumulate capital for the expansion of textile enterprises.