The Agricultural revolution was a time of technological improvement that increased crop production in Britain in the 18th and 19th century, Industrialisation resulted in the improvement of living conditions for people living in those times.
Activity
1. Watch the clip above and make some notes about what the Agricultural system was like before the Revolution and what it was like after the Revolution.
2. Write a paragraph explaining the impacts of the Agricultural Revolution on people's lives and society in general. 3. The Agricultural Revolution took place over about 100 years. List 10 things that have changed in the last 100 years. Share your list with a partner and compare your responses. Add any that you had not thought of to your list. |
Download this image about village life and stick it in your workbook. Colour it in to make it easier to identify the key elements.
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Textbook link and activities
The Agricultural revolution is covered in the textbook from page 8-13
Activities 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 need to be completed in this section.
Activities 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 need to be completed in this section.
Effects of the Agricultural Revolution
British population figures
In the 1740s there was population growth due to the abundance of food.
By 1800, over half of Britons were under the age of twenty-five. England's population more than doubled from 8.3 million in 1801 to 16.8 million in 1850. By
1901 it had nearly doubled again to 30.5 million.
In the 1800s Britain's population doubled every 50 years while Europe's increased from approximately 100 million in 1700 to 400 million by 1900.
In 1840, almost 60% of working class children in Manchester died before the age of five.
There was mass migration to urban centres:• Manchester grew from 25,000 people in 1772 to 303,000 by 1850•
Liverpool grew from 80,000 to 397,000 in the first half of the nineteenth century•
In 1800, 80% of Britons lived in rural areas: 100 years later 75% lived in towns and cities (1 in 5 of these in London).
Reference: Clive Ponting, World History: A New Perspective (Pimlico, 2001)
In the 1740s there was population growth due to the abundance of food.
By 1800, over half of Britons were under the age of twenty-five. England's population more than doubled from 8.3 million in 1801 to 16.8 million in 1850. By
1901 it had nearly doubled again to 30.5 million.
In the 1800s Britain's population doubled every 50 years while Europe's increased from approximately 100 million in 1700 to 400 million by 1900.
In 1840, almost 60% of working class children in Manchester died before the age of five.
There was mass migration to urban centres:• Manchester grew from 25,000 people in 1772 to 303,000 by 1850•
Liverpool grew from 80,000 to 397,000 in the first half of the nineteenth century•
In 1800, 80% of Britons lived in rural areas: 100 years later 75% lived in towns and cities (1 in 5 of these in London).
Reference: Clive Ponting, World History: A New Perspective (Pimlico, 2001)