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Philip:From Farm To Factory (Industrial Revolution (Improvements to…
Philip:From Farm To Factory
Agricultural Revolution
Enclosure
Acts of enclosure were passed and commissioners were appointed to divide the land into farms
Common Fields were now separated by hedges and fences
Norfolk Crop Rotation
This system provided fodder for the winter months such as turnips.
This system also meant that the soil could recover and all fields could be used every year
Charles Townsend developed the Norfolk Crop Rotation
Selective Breeding
This meant that farmers could get the best out of their livestock
Introduced by Robert Bakewell
New Machinary
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill
Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper
Transport Revolution
Roads
Turnpike Trust
Tolls, Roads straightened, Bridges Built
Surfaces by Telford and MacAdam
Railways
James Watts - Steam Engine
George Stephenson - Rocket - 11mph
Liverpool - Manchester
Darling - Stockton
Canals
Duke of Bridgewater
James Brindly
Transported Coal
Industrial Revolution
Working Conditions
Children with asthma could not work in mines as they would inhale poisonious gases
In textile factories men were paid about 80p a week and women 35p per week and children were paid roughly18p per week
Mine and factory workers were made work up to 15 hours a day
Dangers and Punishments
Flooding was quite common in the mines
In factories womens hair often got tangled in machines
Many explosions were caused by naked flames in lamps
Living Conditions
These rooms were known as slums and were often flooded during winter
In these conditions diseases such as cholera and TB spread rapidly
Families lived in rooms in bad condition and with no furniture
Improvements to conditions
Robert Owen shortened working hours improved houses and built a school for the children
Louis Pasteur introduced pasteurised milk
Edward Jenner vaccinated people with cowpox to prevent smallpox
James Simpson used chloroform as an anesthetic
