Steps Towards Industrialization

Life Before Industrialization…..

• People lived off the land.

• Used handmade tools.

• Horse power!!

• • All clothing made by hand.

Grew their own food - farms.

• They lived in simple cottages lit by candles.

• Yes that means NO electricity!

The Agricultural Revolution •

Enclosures

- Wealthy landowners bought up village farmers ’ land and enclosed their land with fences.

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Results:

• Tried new efficient methods of farming.

• Forced small farmers to become tenant farmers. • Forced small farmers to quit farming and move to the city.

The Agricultural Revolution • Crop rotation – “Scientific Farming” • The process of rotating the crops you grow in sequential seasons • Improved crop yields • Allowed nutrients to return to the soil

Farming Methods Improve • Jethro Tull invents the Seed Drill which deposits seeds in a row in the soil. • More efficient farming.

• Increased crop production

The Results…..