AGRICULTURE IN THE INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTIONBY: ALON KLEIMAN, ABBEY KRAUTHEIM, SOPHIA DOYLE, AND

ANDREW FLETCHER.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• JETHRO TULL- WAS A “GENTLEMEN FARMER” (FIRST WHO EXPERIMENTED IN THE EARLY 1700S)

• TULL INVENTED A SEED DRILL THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO PLANT SEEDS IN REGULAR ROWS

• TULL INVENTED A HORSE-DRAWN CULTIVATOR TO DO THIS WORK

• HIS METHOD WAS MUCH FASTER THAN PLANTING SEEDS BY HAND

• VISCOUNT CHARLES “TURNIP” TOWNSHEND CREATED A SYSTEM CALLED CROP ROTATION

• CROP ROTATION- ALTERNATING THE PLANTING OF CROPS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE YEAR

• CROP ROTATION LET FARMERS HARVEST MORE CROPS THEN THEY COULD BEFORE

• ROBERT RANSOME INVENTED AN IRON PLOW

• HIS PLOW WAS IN 3 PARTS, THIS MADE IT EASY FOR FARMERS TO REPLACE A BROKEN PART AT LOW COST

KEY TERMS & DEFINITIONS

• ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT- FENCING OFF ONES PROPERTY AND LIVESTOCK. IT WAS ALSO IF THE LAND WAS PUBLIC PEOPLE WOULD PUT FENCES UP TO MAKE THEM PRIVATE.

• CROP ROTATION- ALTERNATING THE PLANTING OF CROPS FOR DIFFERENT PART OF THE YEAR

PREDICTION FOR AGRICULTURES IMPACT ON GREAT BRITAIN

• DIVIDING THE FARMING PLOTS AND FORCING SMALLER FARMERS TO STOP FARMING MIGHT CAUSE A LACK IN SMALL SCALE FARMS AND RAISED PRICES.

• BECAUSE FARMERS WERE ALLOWED TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW TECHNIQUES FARMERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO FARM.

• TULL’S INVENTION COULD MAKE IT FASTER TO PLANT AND CAUSE A SURPLUS OF CROPS, WHICH COULD LOWER THE PRICES OF CROPS CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY.

• TOWNSHEAD KNOWING THAT LEAVING PART OF THE FIELD EMPTY WAS WASTEFUL AND CREATING A NEW SYSTEM COULD CAUSE A SURPLUS OF FOODS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO PLANT CROPS.

• THE INVENTION OF AN IRON PLOW MAY MAKE FARMERS SAVE MONEY AND LOWER THE PRICE OF CROPS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT NEED TO GO BY A WHOLE NEW PLOW IF ONE PART BREAKS. ON THE OTHER HAND THE MORE EXPENSIVE PLOWS COULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR SOME FARMERS WHICH CAN CAUSE THEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEW PLOWS USING THEIR OLD PLOW AND BE FORCED TO SELL THEIR FARM.

• THE NEW ADVANCEMENTS LEFT MANY FARMERS UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE NEW MACHINERY.

PREDICTIONS FOR HOW IT WILL SPREAD AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT OTHER COUNTRIES:

• WHEN OTHER PEOPLE SEE HOW FAST GREAT BRITAIN’S POPULATION IS GROWING, THEY WILL WANT THAT TOO

• BENEFITTED WORK AND MILITARY LIFE BY HAVING MORE FOOD

• FOOD GREW FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY

• FOOD WAS HEALTHIER WHICH CAUSED LESS SPREAD OF DISEASE

• TRADE OF FOOD HELPED THE POPULATION AND ECONOMY IN OTHER COUNTRIES

• TRADE OF FOOD HELPED CULTURES TO GROW

• PEOPLE WILL SEE HOW WELL THE MACHINES ARE WORKING, AND WANT IT FOR THEMSELVES

• IDEAS ON MACHINES WILL SPREAD AND HELP OTHER CULTURE’S AGRICULTURE

WHY IS YOUR TOPIC THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

• WHEN JETHRO TULL INVENTED THE FIRST MACHINE OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, IT STARTED THE ENTIRE REVOLUTION

• MACHINE’S IDEAS LED TO OTHER INVENTIONS

• HELPED ECONOMY AND POPULATION GROW EVERYWHERE

• MORE FOOD HELPED POPULATION GROW SO MORE PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED AND ADVANCEMENTS COULD BE MADE FASTER

• MORE WORK LED TO A BETTER ECONOMY AND TRADE SO NEW IDEAS SPREAD FASTER

ADVANCEMENTS IN AGRICULTURE

• NEW METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION WERE BEING MADE AS THE YEARS PROGRESSED DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. (TRAIN & TELEGRAM)

• NEW FORM OF TIME GAVE A DEGREE OF PRECISION NECESSARY FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION.

• THE ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT WAS FORMED AFTER THE FOUR-FIELD SYSTEM MADE SUCH USELESS & MARGINAL LAND USEFUL. THE WEALTHY LANDOWNERS ENCLOSED THE COMMON LANDS SO THEY COULD PRACTICE FOUR-FIELD SYSTEM. THIS MOVEMENT ALSO SENT MANY PEASANTS AWAY FROM THEIR LAND AND FORCED THEM TO GO TO THE CITY AND SEARCH FOR A NEW LIFE.

• THE PLOW, WATER WHEEL, AND THE WINDMILL REFORMED EVERYTHING WHEN THE PEASANTS HAD TO FARM WITH SUCH A LOW INCOME. EVERYONE SHARED TWO PLOWS A VILLAGE BECAUSE TO BUY A PLOW IT COST MORE THAN WHAT 5 PEOPLE MADE A WEEK!

• INVESTMENTS IN THE RISING MIDDLE CLASS HAS BROUGHT UP MUCH OF THE FARMLAND IN THEIR AMBITIONS.

WORK CITED

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