industrial revolution Flashcards
What was the rotation system used for
- Year 1;Wheat
- Year 2;barley
- Year3;fallow
What happened in the mid 1700
-the population increased so rapidly that the farmers couldn’t produces enough
What was needed to be developed
-new ways to make more food faster
What did the use as new inventions
- fertiliser
- the seed drill
What happen in 1800’s when British colonised SA to the farmers
they moved with
What did the colonies do with the raw materials
-sent back to Britain where products were manufactured
What is the economy change from
-agricultural to manufacturing-industrial economy
Name the 6 things if the industrial revolution
- agriculture
- towns
- transport
- steam energy
- mining
- cotton industry
What is the agriculture
- landowners fenced farms
- new machines were used
- selective breeding of sheep and cattle
- did away with common flieds
What is towns
- grew fast
- become bigger
What is the transport
- tar roads
- canals
- railways
what did steam energy change
- manufacturing in factories
- transport
- the coal mine industry
what is the mining
-a big increase in the demand for coal and iron
What is the cotton industry
-machines were invented to spin cotton and weave textiles
What were the factories
- they started producing
- factories were in big towns
- people started mo
