Agriculture and Industrial Revolution

• In the 1600's England had Subsistance Farming.
• Farming of which you grow only what your family needs.
• They only grow enough to feed their family for a year.
• The Enclosure Movement was a movement when they started fencing all of the Common Grounds off
• Common Ground- land owned by everyone
• People who were farming on the smaller grounds became Tennant farmers.
• If the couldnt become a Tennant farmer they were forced to move.
• A Gentlemen named Jethro Toll was concered about the amount of seed that was wasted by hand seeding.
• He invented the Seed Drill.
• They were planted in straight rows.
• Crop Rotation- you rotate your crops in the land you plant them in.
• They went from a wooden plow to a metal plow.
• They also created a replaceable plow so they didnt have to get a new plow they just had to change the blade.
• Cities had a larger population because people moved there looking for work.
•  Coal and Iron Ore were the two most popular natural resources in Great Britian at the time
• Natural Resources, land, and workers were the factors of production.
• River and water were inportant to Great Britian because they were used for food, transportation, and energy.
• Flooding and droughts were two disadvantages.
• Textile Industry- clothing
• People are making clothes by hand.
• They created a machine that could make making clothes easier.
• The steam engine is invented.
• Factories, boats, and locomotives are created.