Argarian Revolution

Question 1

Who started the Argarian revolution

Answer 1

Charles Townshend

Question 2

What was the agrarian revolution

Answer 2

He discovered wheat took nutrients out of soil

Question 3

What did this result as?

Answer 3

Crop rotation

Question 4

What could then be planted

Answer 4

Barley since it didn’t need much nutrients to grow and it would replenish soil

Question 5

What other plant did the same thing

Answer 5

Turnips and you could plant clover after turnips to feed animals

Question 6

What was all of this called

Answer 6

Crop rotation

Question 7

What was it used for

Answer 7

Farmers could get more produce out of the soil

Question 8

When did it agrarian revolution begin

Answer 8

1730

Question 9

What was the enclosure movement

Answer 9

The lords took the land back for themselves and created one big land causing farmers to go broke

Question 10

What happened to the farmers

Answer 10

They had to walk to nearer cities to find money

Question 11

What happened as an effect

Answer 11

Created a lot of slums in cities and a huge amount of cheap labour

Question 12

What year did enclosure movement begin

Answer 12

1750

Question 13

What was the flying shuttle

Answer 13

A machine that helped with looming, creating clothing faster and easier

Question 14

What happened to the clothing

Answer 14

It was thicker and better quality

Question 15

What year did the flying shuttle begin

Answer 15

1733

Question 16

What was the spinning wheel

Answer 16

A bobble twisting wool and pulling it together as well as feeding the wheel so that it pulled and made thread

Question 17

What was a big drawback

Answer 17

You could only have as much as the machine could handle at a time

Question 18

What year was the spinning wheel used until

Answer 18

1763

Question 19

What was the spinning Jenny

Answer 19

A machine invented by James Hargreaves

Question 20

What did it do

Answer 20

You could use the machine for mass production to make thread

Question 21

What year was the spinning wheel used

Answer 21

1764

Question 22

What was the water frame

Answer 22

A machine that could spin yarn, cotton and wool and it could be attached to the spinning Jenny

Question 23

What other abilities could it do

Answer 23

It could also power the looms on the spinning Jenny

Question 24

What year was the water frame used

Answer 24

1769

Question 25

What was rolling and puddling

Answer 25

Manufacturing products that became cheap

Question 26

What year did puddling rolling begin

Answer 26

1783

Question 27

What were steam powered trains

Answer 27

They opened up the development of land

Question 28

What did they do

Answer 28

Made transporting easy with less amount of time

Question 29

What year was steam powered trains introduced

Answer 29

1814