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Cianci-Fremont
Agriculture Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was wrong with the Traditional ways that many peasents wanted to keep? | 1)not enough= death,starvation, malnutrition 2)high deman causes prices to jump making it hard for peasents and artisans to get food |
| What caused the Agricultural Revolutin? | Wealthy landowners who spent their money on innventions |
| What happened because of the peasants revolt? | The government(wanting new taxes) used military to put the revolts down |
| Where did the Revolution begin? | countried where they had a growing population and a shortage of foodand change was required to keep up |
| What two things did the Dutch contribute to the revolution? | 1)new ways to build Dikes and new ways to drain land 2)the clover and turnip(more animal fodder and restores soil) |
| Cornelius Vermuyden | -hired by english landlords -Dutch engineer |
| Jethro Tull (1674-1741) | -had own experiments but also financed others -most of his ideas didn't work -found that iron plow turned earth easier -found planting wheat by drill more efficent |
| Charles "Turnip" Townsend (1674-1738) | -encouraged other innovantions -institued crop rotation which resulted in more food for both people and animals |
| Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) | -pioneer in animal breeding-> better animals, more milk and meat |
| Arthur Young(1741-1820) | -edited Annals of Agriculture -1793=secretary of british board of agriculture -books=important documents |
| What method did 1/2 of England continue to use in the 1700? | The three field system |
| What caused Enclosures? | the rising price of Wheat |
| how do enclosures work? | the use of land but more rationally and used to achieve greater commerical profit(reclaiming wasteland, going from strips to blocks) |
| What was a result of the Parlimentary acts? | between 1761 and 1792, 500,000 acres were enclosed compared to 75,00 between 1727 and 1760 |
| What did Enclosures do? | 1)extend farming and innovation(increase food) 2)disrupted small tradtional communities 3)increased population 4)introduced entrepreneurial or capitalizistic attributed to countryside |
| How was France limited? | 1) enclosures were restricted 2)new procedures only benefitted ruling class because of increased income and assurence of food |
| How did Prussia, Austrua, Poland and Russia work with their limitations? | 1)brought untilled lands under the plow 2)landlords directed management of the farm(expected alot from serfs and not so much from soil, wanted $$$) |
| What were some factors of the population increase in the 18th century? | 1)decline in death rate 2)less wars 3)hygiene and sanitaion improved 4)better medical knowledge 5)the potatoe |
| The impact of the new populaion caused: | 1)new demands for:food, jobs, goods, services 2)new work pool 3)people could find jobs in counrtyside 4)migration increased 5)society and social practices outgrew traditional bounds |
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