Industrial Revolution Developments

What were the changes that took place in agriculture brought about by?

• Demands for more food to support Britain's growing population.

• Demands for deforestation.

• Demands for surplus amounts of food with the goal of selling it for profit.

• Demands for Enclosure Acts.

What is meant by the statement: "For the first time, agriculture became a business"?

• Instead of just growing food to eat, farms began producing surplus amounts of food with the goal of selling it for a profit.

• More than 4,000 Enclosure Acts were passed by the British Parliament during the Agricultural Revolution.

• Areas of common land that had previously been worked by small groups of local farmers was transferred into the hands of private landowners.

• Many poor people were forced off the land they had farmed free of charge for generations.

How many Enclosure Acts were passed by the British Parliament during the Agricultural Revolution?

• More than 4,000

• Less than 4,000

• More than 10,000

• Less than 1,000

What did the Enclosure Acts do?

• Transferred areas of common land that had previously been worked by small groups of local farmers into the hands of private landowners.

• Introduced a new method of crop rotation known as the 'four-field system'.

• Made farming more efficient and increased the profits that could be earned from the land.

• Introduced the factory system.

What was the social impact of the Enclosure Acts?

• The process caused a great deal of unrest as many poor people were forced off the land they had farmed free of charge for generations.

• The process introduced a new method of crop rotation known as the 'four-field system'.

• The system made farming more efficient and increased the profits that could be earned from the land.

• The process increased the amount of land that could be prepared, farmed and harvested in a season.

Who was Charles Townshend?

• A landowner who introduced a new method of crop rotation known as the 'four-field system'.

• A landowner who introduced the factory system.

• An inventor known for the flying shuttle.

• An inventor known for the spinning jenny.

What was the 'four-field system'?

• Each season, the crops were rotated, which meant that no field was left fallow and the soil in each field was kept high in minerals and nutrients.

• A way of producing goods on a large scale using many workers and specialised machinery on one site.

• It brought together large numbers of workers in a single site or factory.

• It revolutionised manufacturing and transport, and was later used to generate electricity.

What was the impact of the improved farm machinery and methods?

• It made farming more efficient and increased the profits that could be earned from the land.

• It was a way of producing goods on a large scale using many workers and specialised machinery on one site.

• It brought together large numbers of workers in a single site or factory.

• It revolutionised manufacturing and transport, and was later used to generate electricity.

What was the factory system?

• A way of producing goods on a large scale using many workers and specialised machinery on one site.

• A number of new inventions and improvements in the area of transport.

• The use of new farming machinery.

• A single invention.

Why is the development of the steam engine important?

• It revolutionised manufacturing and transport and was later used to generate electricity.

• It allowed for the development of an engine that would be light yet strong enough to power flying machines.

• It made travel for holidays more common.

• It both shortened the time required to make a product and reduced the number of people that were necessary for its production.