Key Question 1

Question 1

What was the structure of pre-industrial society?

Answer 1

• simple structure
• fewer statuses and roles
• monarchy and aristocracy owned the land
• lower class and peasant population do not own land
• limited production
• limited communication between communities
• absent or primitive level of education, science etc.

Question 2

What changes to agriculture were made?

Answer 2

• population increase, higher demand for food
• high prices due to war time inflation, encouraged investment
• 1750 - 1850, enclosure increased
• parliament passed over 4000 acts of enclosure (20% of land enclosed)

Question 3

Who were 4 key individuals?

Answer 3

1701 - Jethro Tull, invented the seed drill
1760s - Robert Bakewell, began to use selective breeding
1770s - Charles ‘Turnip’ Townshend, introduces 4-crop rotation
1770s - Arthur Young, wrote about new methods and spread ideas more widely