1.1.1 Changes to agricultural techniques - Enclosure

Question 1

name 3 crops that were intro into Britain in the 17th Century? –> This led to a revolution in …

Answer 1

• Artichokes
• Asparagus
• Clover

Eating habits and improvement in soil fertility

Question 2

By 1640s, agricultural production in Britain had exceeded that of all other European countries except … and in 1700 the average number of days worked per agricultural family was …, compared with …. in 14..

What do these figures reflect?

Answer 2

• Holland
• 405
• 266
• 1450
• These figures reflect (capitalism lol) both the rise in pop that led to a need to boost production and the drive for efficiency that resulted from it. = Revolution in agriculture???

+ supporting marxist point = wage dependent = increase work= release of labourers

Question 3

Enclosure involved consolidating… into… which would then be reserved for…

Answer 3

scattered holdings
blocks of land
the sole use of a single landowner (or tenant)

Question 4

How did enclosure benefit crop production? (2 reasons)

Answer 4

• It ensured crop production wasn’t unnecessarily duplicated as fewer rivals would exist in each region.
• It could be combined with the upkeep of sep pasture for animals

Question 5

Enclosure was not what?

Answer 5

New as it had been common in medieval period to close common land in order to stimulate wool production (but intensified in the 17thC)

Question 6

Who protested against enclosure?

Answer 6

small landowners and those peasants who suffer if the common land was no longer accessible.

Question 7

Why did the government do nothing to restrict enclosure despite protests?

Answer 7

protests were small and it was difficult to deny that enclosure led to improved agricultural efficiency.

Question 8

There were a number of counties where enclosure wasn’t… , such as… which were also very successful areas of…

Answer 8

widespread
Oxfordshire
agricultural innovation

Question 9

Was enclosure something new?

Answer 9

been common in the medievel period to enclose common land in order to stimulate wool production but this shit increased in 17th century

Question 10

Enclosure allowed a more …… use of the land to …… production

= Larger farmers …… production labourers who did not have any land of their own, and this further developed the slow process of more …… labourers being employed on the land

Answer 10

• intensive
• increase
• employed
• landless

Question 11

Enclosure was instrumental in allowing other tech to flourish? such as?

Answer 11

Due to enclosure more fields were left available for rotation, leading to better yiellds.

1) Crop rotation,
2) reducing the number of fields left fallow
3) crops should be selected based on their suitability for different soil types.