HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - French Revolution, List Of Muppets, Malthusian Trap
Document Summary
Britian agricultural revolution of 18th century allowed them to industrialize. Revolution is switch from subsistence farming to large, centrally managed profit farms that sell to market, farmers experiment with new crops especially with crops from the new world, with crops that replenish soil instead of drain it. Agr revolution meant less ppl needed to produce lots of food. Enclosure = before there were commons for general use, 1750 legislation allowed enclosures which let landowners personally take common land, large farmers expel small farmers and create lots of products to sell to market. The farmers who lost land due to enclosure migrate to the cities and become cheap labourers. The force is also healthier, less diseases, more reproduction, etc . Inventions like these in addition to brit"s natural resources and social factors led the way to increased cotton production which was important to industrialization. Coton gin allowed production of cotton in large quantities.
