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Paola García AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

Xabier Alonso
Nuo Ren
Asier Pastor
Gorka Musitu

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
 • It is based on changes to goods
production and consumption because
of the incorporation of machines in
the manufacturing.
Agricultural • These transformation happened over a
revolution long period of time and by slow
and constant process affecting
other sectors and radically changing
the previous economy and society.
Apart of these the revolution
starts in Great  Britain around 1780.
Causes of the revolution
• British agriculture advanced more faster than any other
European country. The increased agricultural production of
the 18th century can be was base to four interrelated
factors:
• The increased availability of farmland
• A favorable climate
• More livestock
• Improved crop yield
• They consisted on technical advances and changes to
the system of land ownership. We can separate them
into three:
• The technical Progress
• Change on the system of land ownership
• The consequences of the Agriculture Revolution
 •The crop cultivation system based
on triennial rotation was substited
by the Norfolk four-course
system,consisting of  constant crop
rotation , including fodder crops for
livestock. Thus, the amount of
livestock increased and
providedmore manure as fertiliser,
as well as milk and meat, which
improved human nutrition.
• Other agricultural improvements 
were the spread of  crops such as 
maize and potatoes , the 
use of seed drills and horse-
drawn harvesters, the start of sele
ctive seeding,  the selective breed
ing of livestock and the first use of
 chemical fertilisers.

Technical progress
• Very fez farmers
•
Changes
Many work in factories
• Better used land Changes
• Machines
• Plenty of food

• Lots of farmers
• Most people farm
• Poorly used land
• Hand tools
• Not much food
 • The main  consequences of the Agric
ultural Revolution were the increase 
in agricultural production, the impro
vement in nutrition, the concentrati
Consequences o on of landownership, the reduction 
of the number of peasants and an  in
f the revolution crease in agricultural income. The pr
ofits gained also led to improved agri
cultural developments and investme
nts in other areas, such as industry.
Efects
• Agricultiral production increased.
• Cost of foof dropped.
• Increased porduction of foof helped to create a rapid growth of
population.
• Large farms, using machines and scientific methods, began to
dominate agriculture.
• The number of small farms began to decline.
• The number of farmers decreased sharply.
• Many farmers moved to the cities.
• The population of cities increased rapidly.
Demographic Revolution
Definition:

The theory of demographic revolution. This theory includes all

demographic findings which attempt to explain mortality and fertility
level changes. Such changes began to appear during the 19th century
(income per person, total income and population) in countries which
are today economically developed.
 Demographic
revolution in
England during
19th century
Demographic Revolution
Causes:
Main cause: decrease in mortality Growth of population Birth rate: higher
 improvements in nutrition:  agrarian  progress in urban  natural population growth
activities improved and hygiene:  wider
potatoes were included (they were streets, building made
cheap, nutritional and easy to of brick, potable
cultivate) ​ water, improvements
in sewage system...​
 decline of major epidemics​: cholera,  medicine: diagnosis to
tuberculosis, typhus…  sicknesses, study the
origin of illnesses,
 progress in transport​ creating of vaccine...​
Demographic Revolution

• The available workforce, as well as the demand for products,

increased as a result of the demographic revolution. Moreover,
agricultural and industrial innovations expanded as a way to
accommodate this demand, and emigration to other continents
increased.
 Other basic factors:

During the period of major industrial change known as the

Industrial Revolution, the methods of transport also changed. 

-Transport networks  
Demographic
Revolution -The domestic trade forced when the road surfaces improved. 

-The foreing trade was driven by the British colonialism. 

- They have to enable the movement of heavy products and
materials around in order to open up access to raw materials. 
-So, historians and economists agree that the industrializing
societies needs to have an effective transport network. 
-The growth of financial means  
-The profits from commerce and land were used to finance the
prosperous industrial sectors. 
- The number of banks increased considerably. 
  
-The availability of energy sources and raw materials  
-The industrial revolution in Great Britain had energy resources. 
-The raw materials were facilitated by several invention, such us
steam engine, that was created in 1729 by Thomas Newcomen and
perfected in 1769 by James Watt.