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Understanding the Agricultural Revolution and Industrialization in England

Explore the significant changes brought about by the Agricultural Revolution and the dawn of Industrialization in England, focusing on innovations such as selective breeding, crop rotation, and new farming techniques like the seed drill. Discover how these advancements led to increased food production, population growth, and ultimately paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. Delve into the effects of textile factories on workers' health and how historical evidence can shed light on these crucial transformations in English society.

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Understanding the Agricultural Revolution and Industrialization in England

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  1. Good Morning!!! • NVC • Warm-Up/Wrap-Up Agricultural Revolution • Industrialization in England • Inquiry: life in English textile factories Essential Question: What was industrialization like in England?

  2. Agricultural Innovation • New Techniques • Fertilizer: cow poop makes plants grow! • Selective Breeding: breed best animals/plants to make the most food • Seed Drill: plant seeds deep to increase the amount that sprout • Crop Rotation: growing different crops one after the other to replenish soil • no more fallow (useless)land

  3. Agricultural Revolution Enclosure Movement + Fertilizer + New Crops (potato, turnip, corn) + !?! Wheat Clover Seed Turnips Population Growth Crop Rotation that renews the soil Seed Drill that puts seeds out of bird’s reach +

  4. Warm-Up: Agricultural Rev • Please RANK the following by which you think was MOST IMPORTANT in helping farmers grow more food • Enclosure Movement • Fertilizer • Selective Breeding • Seed Drill • Crop Rotation

  5. Industrialization begins in England • England has the Factors of Production • Lots of food and people • Lots of land • Capital (money) from banks and trade • Natural resources (iron, coal, wood) • Transportation (ships, rivers, harbors) • Free from war!

  6. Textiles Industrialize First • Textiles = manufacture of cloth/clothes • New inventions speed up the process • Flying Shuttle • Spinning Jenny • Spinning Mule • Wealthy textile merchants set up first factories

  7. Textile Factories

  8. Textile Factories

  9. Historical Inquiry Were textile factories bad for the health of English workers?

  10. Journal: Textile Factories • Based on these documents, do you think working in textile factories helped or hurt English workers? • Use TWO pieces of historical evidence. • Please be sure to explain WHY you found this evidence convincing

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