Agricultural revolution Flashcards
1
Q
Changes in farming
A
enclosures, selective breeding, four field crop rotation, new machinery
2
Q
Reasons for population increase
A
people having more children, fewer deaths due to disease, more to eat
3
Q
French wars effect on farming
A
profits high because of food supply, borrowed money for improvements, unable to pay back because food prices drop.. have to sell farms
4
Q
Better drainage allowed?
A
more land to be farmed
5
Q
selective breeding produced
A
more meat to sell + more money for farmers
6
Q
Enclosures meant that
A
each farmer could farm his land as he wanted
