1. The Agricultural Revolution
María Sanz

2. The Agricultural Revolution
During the early 1700's, a great change in farming called the Agricultural Revolution began in Great Britain. The revolution resulted from a series of discoveries and inventions that made farming much more productive than ever before. By the mid-1800's, the Agricultural Revolution had spread throughout much of Europe and North America. One of the revolution's chief effects was the rapid growth of towns and cities in Europe and the United States during the 1800's. Because fewer people were needed to produce food, farm families by the thousands moved to the towns and cities.

3. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Agriculture means..
Farming.
Revolution can mean…
Change, fast or slow
Over hundred and fifty years
It was a slow process

4. OPEN FIELD SYSTEM ADVANTAGES All villagers worked together
All the land was shared out
Everyone helped each other
Everyone had land to grow food
For centuries enough food had been grown

5. OPEN FIELD SYSTEM Strips in different fields Fallow land Waste of time
Waste of land
Common land
DISADVANTAGES

6. Why did the Open field system change?
What was
Happening to population?

7. What came next? How are the fields different?
Can more food be grown? Why?
What’s missing?
Who wanted change?
Who did not want change?

8. Key words THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION 1750-1900 Agriculture Open field
Key words
Key words
Agriculture
Open field
Revolution
Fallow
Yield
Enclosure
Rotation
Strips
Output
Common land

9. Agriculture mean………………….
Agriculture mean………………….
Revolution means…………………….
The changes in farming were fast/slow taking place over along/short period of time.
What was farming like in 1750?
The open field system was called this because there were no f_______ or h_________ around them.
Each year a field had to left F_________ this meant that n_____________
Was grown in the field. This was to let the field rest and regain its goodness or fertility. They had to do this because they did no have fertilisers.
The common land was for grazing a___________ everyone including the poor could use it.

10. OPEN FIELD SYSTEM Advantages All the village land was shared
Villagers shared work eg Harvest time
Disadvantages
…………………
Each villager had land to grow crops for his family.
………………….
…………………..

11. INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS
Weston
Norfolk rotation
Clover and Turnips
Townshend

12. INVENTIONS AND INNOVATIONS
Tull seed Drill
Bakewell Leicestershire sheep