The agricultural Revolution Flashcards
How did Agriculture improve
Enclosure
New machinery
Improvements in livestock
The four field system
How did the Agricultural revolution lead to increase in Britains population
Improvements in agriculture meant an increase in food available which led to food becoming cheaper and available to poor families. So families had more children because they they would have enough to eat.
What was the agricultural revolution
During 18th century when there was changes in the way food was produced
What is enclosure
When farmers put fences or hedges around their fields
Who is Jethro Tull
Inventor of the seed drill machine for sowing seeds in the soil.
Who is Cyrus McCormick
He invented the mechanical reaper, a machine that allowed farmers harvest their crops faster
Who is Robert Bakewell
He came up with the idea of selective breeding. Only strong animals were allowed to breed to improve the quality of the livestock
Who is Charles Townshead
He came up with the idea of crop rotation. It helped make better use of the land
Explain cottage industry
When products, especially clothing, were made at home in small amounts. Most goods were made like this before th Industrial revolution
Explain fallow
When a field is left empty so it can regain it’s strength
What the 1st result of the agricultural revolution
Developments like enclosure, new machinery, selective breeding and crop rotation
The 2nd result of the industrial revolution
Cheap food led to a population explosion
The 3rd result of the agricultural revolution
Growth in population meant there were not enough jobs in rural areas.
New machines meant fewer people were needed to work the land so people to ed to towns in search of work and towns grew to cities
4th result of agricultural revolution
The migration from rural to urban areas meant a lot of people were available to work in the factories of the Industrial revolution
Write one major improvement in the agricultural revolution associated with one of the following during the Agricultural Revolution
Jethro Tull
Charles Townshed
Robert Bakewell
Robert Bakewell devoleped selective breeding.
Give one reason the Industrial R evolution started in Britain
Due to developments in agricultural there was a population explosion in Britain. This meant there was a large workforce available to work the machinery in the factories
Explain one way enclosure improved agriculture
Cattle couldn’t move freely into other fields so they didn’t spread disease or destroy crops. Good farmers could practice new ways to improve quantity and quality oftheir crops and animals
Who invented the seed drill
Jethro Thull….
Seeds were sown deeper in the soil so birds couldn’t eat them so there was a larger crop…led to increased food supply
Who invented the mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
Made it easier to harvest the crop
This led to increased food supply
Why was Was Viscount Charles Townsheds nickname
Turnip Townshed
Why was Viscount Charles Townshed called Turnip Townshed
Instead of leaving one field fallow he planted turnip and clover in it and this increased the fertility of the soil. He also rotated the crops between wheat, barley and turnip and clover.
Led to increase in food produced.
This was called the four field system
