Agriculture Over The Industrial Revolution

The Enlightenment period, known as the Age of Reason, was the period during the 18th and 19th century. It was known as one of the greatest moments in history, the time of transformations, reformations, revolutions and many other critical events that ever took place in human history. It is also credited for all of the revolutions that helped to change and enlighten mankind. The Agricultural Revolution paved the way for the Industrial Revolution through its population growth by increasing the food supply. The outcome of the advancement of agriculture is due to the development industrialization. When it comes to economic development in different countries, Agriculture has always been the most important role. When agricultural production increases, the average income of the rural communities, industrialization, and urbanization also lead to an increased demand in industrial production. A lot of small farmers and peasants were unemployed and lost their land to rich landholders and because of this, labor was increased and the production of food was lower causing the standard of living to be higher. During this time, England seemed to be more socially and economically wealthy and had everything they needed to fuel the industrial revolution. At the same time, England’s cottage industry was not able to fulfill its demands because of its increasing population. The population was doubling and the ratio of demand to supply increased tremendously. Therefore, people had to focus more on

Before the industrial revolution, most of Britain's population lived and worked on farms, but skilled laborers and artisans were an important part of Britain's economy (Martello). The country was especially wealthy because of their

The Industrial Revolution was a time period of rapid growth in society. Referring to the 1700’s century in England where the output of machine made goods greatly increased. Prior to the changes made during the Industrial Revolution, workers often manufactured products in their homes using handtools and basic machinery. However, industrialization marked a shift of labor from small farms in rural areas to large factories in cities and was a time of new products, inventions and methods of work.The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many positive outcomes because new cultivation methods spread rapidly around the world. The Industrial Revolution made a significant political, economical, and social change throughout Europe. The Industrial

The Industrial Revolution is a pivotal period in human history that allowed for the complete transformation of rural life. First coined in the 1830s, the Industrial Revolution was an eruption of inventions, technical adaptations, and economic expansion. The origins of the Industrial Revolution are traced back to Great Britain, the first pioneer in Westernization and technological change. Britain’s well-developed banks, large potential labor force, and abundance of raw materials made Britain the most industrialized country in the world during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Although the Industrial Revolution brought beneficial changes to Britain and the countries that followed Britain’s path, industrialization provoked reform

The Industrial Revolution had many long-lasting effects on the English economy and society in the 1800s; the effects being both positive and negative. England’s industrialization resulted in urbanization, improved production, and better transportation, but also in poor living and working conditions for the working class, including many children. Industrialization in England made production of goods much more convenient, creating a greater demand for unskilled labor and a rapidly growing population. The population increase meant that more food was needed in order to feed everyone. In Document 5, Michael Mandelbaum explains that some rural labor was made “redundant,” causing many people to move to urban cities where they could find work in the new factories.

By 1750 U.S was mainly agricultural, this meant the country was essentially pre-industrial and domestic. According to our text 9 out of every 10 Americans lived on a farm (2). Households were generally engaged in subsistence farming and production was done mostly for home consumption. America had an immeasurable amount of fertile unused land that the government gave away (2). At the time of George Washington's inauguration in 1789 the U,S population comprised of 4 million people. The population had doubled to 8 million at the time of the War of 1812 and then again to 16 million in 1835. This rapid population growth did not stop until 1858, we did however continue to increase in number just at a slower pace, hitting our 100 million mark in 1915, and 300 million in 2006 (3). As the population rapidly increased so did the output of farm labor.

The only way that England would be possible for any of the new inventions and prosperity was through the Agricultural Revolution. The Agricultural Revolution created a surplus of food. With this surplus of food there was a population

Originally starting in Britain, the growth of population grew and so did the want for food; this began in 1700. During this time food prices were going up, most farmers believed that if they could grow lots of food regularly, there money salary would increase. Before the revolution, about 80-90% of land was owned by rich and wealthy landowner’s. If they couldn’t afford their own piece of land at the time, they would begin to work on other landowners land in order to make money for themselves.

Britain went through a very successful Agricultural Revolution, and Englishmen made many new innovations such as the seed drill and the plough, and the new crop rotation system was first used in this country. There was an increase in population as well as it became clear that there was enough food to feed people, from 5.4 million people in 1700 in Britain and Wales to 9.2

Although the societal effects on Britain caused by the Industrial Revolution were initially catastrophic, the long-term effects transformed the continent into the place it is today. The Industrial Revolution was the shift from agriculture to the use of machinery for the production of goods. After the Agricultural Revolution in the early 1700’s, Britain’s population was increasing due to their new and efficient farming techniques. In the middle 1700’s, the Industrial Revolution began to take place in England since the nation had natural resources, a stable economy, and thousands of people in desperate need of work. During the Industrial Revolution, working conditions of the lower-class were beyond poor.

During the 1800’s, England experienced an Industrial Revolution. With steam engines, coal, and steal coming about, England boomed with new factories and commerce. Previous to the invention and use of this machinery, England was a rural country, with many people making their own trades. Soon enough, machines with higher efficiency and speed began to replace hand-crafted materials. Factories with huge machinery began to pop up along with new job opportunities. By the mid-1800’s, fifty percent of people lived in urbanized areas, compared to less than

More free time was available as fewer jobs were available on farms so people were forced into the city for jobs, which allowed more free time for them, as they weren't as busy controlling and maintaining farms. More varied diets were available as the new inventions for agricultural farming, allowed more food to be produced at mass production. Also, higher yields such as wheat and barley replaced the lower yields such as rye, which increased the cereal production because of the clover, which replenished nitrogen back into the soil. Lower cost of food was due to four aspects, which allowed British agriculture to develop quicker than any other revolution, these were the increase farmland availability, the favorable climate, more livestock and improved crop yields. When looking at society's positive outcomes from the agricultural boost during the industrial revolution, there were many long-term and short-term positive aspects, which improved the quality of life for society

There is a strong relationship among the agriculture, industry, and population in the eighteenth century. Before 1700, agriculture was dominant because it was how most of the population made their living. As a consequence to the unpredictability of the Little Ice Age, the open field and three field systems were developed to protect against famine. Although it limited productivity, it aided to a rather stable, and growing, community. After 1700, the supply of food was more balanced so the population grew. The increase of consumers in Western Europe caused for the increase of control of serfs by their landlords in Eastern Europe. Also the rise of the middle class increased agricultural productivity because a status by wealth motivated them to

Before the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain’s economy relied heavily on agriculture, which at that point of time was based a flawed system dating back to the Middle Ages. This system, known as the open field system, showed agricultural inefficiencies, and was disallowing of innovation. These inefficiencies eventually led to the privatization of land for agriculture, in an effort to solve what is now commonly referred to as “the tragedy of the commons”. Great Britain was now moving forward, and as the country (and continent) began enclosing their land, Britain began a period of modernization, with new technologies that would increase productivity in industry to a level never before seen. This is the period commonly referred to as the Industrial Revolution, and was an era of unprecedented growth in industry from the middle of the 18th century until around the middle of the 19th century. In 1760, 53% of the British population worked in agriculture. By 1840, that had dropped to 29%. The evolution from water and wind power to steam engines, as well as the creation of many pieces of machinery for the textile industry (such as the Spinning Jenny, which reduced the production time on yarn) vastly improved British manufacturing of goods, and the reliance on agriculture continued to drop. The development from an agricultural focus

The English "consumed far greater amounts of meat than their French counterparts" (Evans, 6) and what is even more surprising is that this prosperity was also enjoyed by populations living well outside urban settlements. Stratification in British society was more than evident in this period and this is evident by unequal access to wealth, status, and power. Aristocracy was an integral part of the society and divine rule was still a universal belief held by most subjects of the British society. Bureaucracy, at the time, was a well established institution which seemed to grow with the growth of the economy subsequent to the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the result of several factors that Britain had supremacy over. The British colonies were at its highest productivity and all the exports were shipped to England where they were sold or used as raw materials for production. It is argued that the cotton industry was the largest contributor to the technological advances of the period, more specifically, advances in weaving techniques. Factories grew in urban areas of England, where labor was plentiful, and it was not long before even the cities were not big enough to supply the labor requirements of the factories. Rural settlements soon were emptied by the promise of prosperity and independence from communal living. Massive amounts of previously agricultural workers were migrating to the cities with no vision of what may be in store for them. What awaited