1. Agricultural Revolution

2. Why did it start in England?

3. The Growth of the Cottage Industry

4. The Industrial Revolution

Page 1: Agricultural Revolution

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page on your own. Think about new technology, modern day medicine, communication, etc.

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Modern day invention:

What life was like before it:

What has changed because of it:

• Cooperative plowing• Conserved the quality of land• Balanced distribution of good

land• Farmers were part of a “team”• Gleaning

AFTEREach landowner

received a single piece of property

No common lands

Before

Large Land Owners (Benefited)

Had the political strength to pass the enclosure law

Owned large unified farms under this systemFarming was more efficientDidn’t need consent of the village to

experiment with new crop methods

Small FarmersForced off Their Land

Had to pay for :Required fencingA team of oxenCould no longer glean or gather wood

Often had to sell plots to large landowners:Forced to Rent orWork for someone else

Increasing the # of men looking for work

Planted seed in neat rows

Improved germination by making furrow, dropping seed into them, and covering them

Reduced amount of seed used in planting

Additional Machines Horse-drawn cultivator – Jethro Tull Cast-iron plow (1797) – American Charles Newbold Reaper – Englishman Joseph Boyce (1799) and American

Cyrus McCormic (1834) Self-cleaning steel plow – John Deere(1837) Thresher – separated grain from stalk Harvester – cut and bind grain Combine - cut, thresh, and sack grain Tractor – pulled equipment through the field Corn planter Potato digger Electric milker Cotton picker

Crop Rotation English gentleman

farmer Viscount Charles “Turnip” Townsend

Alternating grain crops: wheat and barley, with soil enriching crops: turnips and clovers.

No longer had to leave land fallow

Scientific Breeding 1725-1795 Selective breeding of

animals Produced more and

better animals Produced more milk

and meat

1. Agricultural production increased

2. Cost of foodstuffs dropped

3. Increased production of food resulted in part, in a rapid growth of population

4. Large farms, using machines and scientific methods, began to dominate agriculture

5. Number of small farms began to decline

6. The number of farmers, in proportion to total population, decreased sharply

7. Many farmers moved to the cities

8. The population of cities increased rapidly

9. Farmers found their work less difficult because machines performed the back breaking labor

10. Farming changed from a self-sufficient way of life to big business

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As you watch the Crash Course video - think about which invention discussed from the age of industrialization has had the greatest impact on your life today. Be prepared to write a statement on it that will be turned in as you walk out the door!