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Agricultural changes

The
agricultural revolution of the 18th Century paved the way for the Industrial
Revolution in Britain. New farming techniques and improved livestock breeding led to
amplified food production. This allowed a spike in population and increased health.
A consequence of this was that the new farming techniques led to an enclosure
movement. Enclosure meant that the common land and the 3 fields were
reorganised and redistributed. Farmers land was now in one area and he could
enclose his field with fences and hedges. The Norfolk rotational system was
introduced which allowed the farmers the sequence of four crops (wheat,
turnips, barley and clover), included a fodder crop and a grazing crop,
allowing livestock to be bred year-round. The four-field crop rotation became a
key development in the British Agricultural Revolution.

Inventions- The Spinning Jenny

The increased speed of weaving created a new worry because it now took three spinners to keep up with one weaver. This problem had resolved in 1764, when James Hargreaves invented a new machine that was capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn, This invention was called the spinning jenny. Although this was useful it did cause a massive amount of job losses. The spinning jenny could also be operated by an unskilled person or even children which is not good because it could potentially injure someone if not used correctly.

Child Labour in Factories

Child Labour is when children forego school
and end up working in factories to earn a living. This happened because the
parents were poor and needed the help of their children or the children were
orphaned. Some people believed that child labour was good for children because
it taught them discipline and stopped them from becoming lazy, uneducated
thieves. Others believed that child labour was cruelty and that the
children were frequently sick, had no sanitation facilities, were over tired
and even died from working the machinery.

Conditions in towns

The conditions in towns were bad because the richer were getting richer and the poorer were getting poorer. There was many slums in these towns because there was only one privy on every few streets. There were no drains or sewers under the streets, this was because there were no toilets in the houses because they were built quickly and cheaply. The technology was not readily available to build a network of drains and sewers. The towns were getting bigger too quickly to keep up with drainage demands. Only very big and expensive houses had running water and pipes so it was normal for houses to have no drainage.

Transport

In the 18th Century there was an urgent need for a better transportation system in Britain. Factory owners needed to be able to get their goods to market and bring in raw materials to help them produce goods. Farmers also needed a better transportation system so they could transport flesh goods to the new industrial towns. By the end of 18th Century Britain had started building a network of roads, rail roads and canals.

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LEALANDS HIGH SCHOOL

FAO MISS BAGNELL

YEAR 8 HISTORY 88SE

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BY YOUSUF KHAN 88SE

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the
transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to
1840. This happened because in the 1700 and 1800 in Britain saw great chances
in farming, transport and industry. This is called the industrial revolution. Some
parts of Britain were more quickly affected than others. The industrial changes
were massive, between 1800 and 1850 the population of Britain doubled from
9 million to 18 million- the fastest growth ever. The growth in population may
have speeded up the industrial revolution because it created more workers and
consumers. A consequence of this was that the rate of change was different
around the country. Some cities got bigger, people were afraid of losing their
jobs because of machines doing the work faster. Different groups started riots
but if they were caught the would be deported or even executed. The industrial
revolution created slums this is where people would live if they were poor. There
was an outbreak of cholera, which was a horrible disease caused by infections
because of the roar sewage that would go into the water that the people would
drink.

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