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
Warm Up:Complete chart on next
page on your own. Think about new technology, modern day medicine, communication, etc.
Agenda:Warm Up- share outNotesVideoTicket outHomework:IDs due Thursday
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
http://fairiemom78.blogspot.com/2012/06/you-tube-monday-agricultural-revolution.html
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!
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