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04 THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
04 THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY
AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS
The fallow method
eliminated
some of the land was left uncultivated
to allow the soil to regenerate
Continuous crop rotation
implemented instead of the fallow method
species such as legumes
based on introducing crops that restored the soil
even though the field was not left fallow
and that could be used as food for livestock
Many products from the Americas were grown
tomatoes
potatoes
corn
the shoeing of draft horses was improved
FARMING SECTOR
The first to undergo significant changes
Some improvements had already been made
throughout the Modern Age
improvements to the machinery in some European countries
new methods first became widely used in Great Britain
at the beginning of the 18th century
where the innovations of the last two centuries intensified
AGRICULTUREAL REVOLUTION IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE
the productivity of the land continued to increase
thanks to the mechanisation of agricultural work
iron ploughs
seed drills
new harvesting techniques
quickly spread to some European and American countries
modernisation did not take place
in Southern and Eastern Europe for several decades
changes in the laws
changed the distribution of land ownership
among the social classes
Between 1760 and 1840
common land for communal use was gradually enclosed
by the British parliament
became privately owned
The new owners
introduced new farming methods
cultivated their land in order to supply urban markets
CONSEQUENCES
Large increase in food production
led to
an increase of the population
iron tools and machines were needed
stimulated industrial development over the following decades
