1. An Agricultural Revolution: Sinking Money into the Earth
Monday October 28

2. Review:
What 5 factors made Britain the ideal location for the onset of the industrial revolution?

3. What factors made Britain the ideal location for the onset of the industrial revolution?
A labour supply
Stable pro-business government
Captial
Technology
Good transportation
We can also add:
Markets: Had wealthy people to purchase the goods, new markets in colonized countries.
Raw materials: coal in Britain…

4. Review: Continued
Add coal and markets to your mind map
This will be a short answer test question:
“Why was Britain the location where the Industrial Revolution started in Europe?”

5. Stable Pro-Business Government
Make a mind map for the elements of industrialization. EXPLAIN how each of these would contribute to industrialization at this time
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Labour Supply
Stable Pro-Business Government
Markets
Raw materials
Industrialization
Capital
Technology
Good transportation

6. On your Q-Card… Answer the test question:
“Why was Britain the location where the Industrial Revolution started in Europe?”

7. Learning Outcomes
I can explain how agricultural changes impacted the growth of industry in Britain during the I.R.

8. An Agricultural Revolution
You are going to be given a number (1,2,3)
1 – You read page 131/132 and take notes on how farming USED to be
2 – You read page 132/133 and take notes on how new breeds were important to the agricultural revolution
3 – You read page 133/134 and take notes on how new crops/technologies were important to the agricultural revolution
Summarize!

9. An Agricultural Revolution
Old ways of farming
New Breeds
New Crops and Technologies

10. Agricultural Revolution Questions – due tomorrow
Questions are on the website!
You can do the questions on your laptop,
but do questions #2, 7, and 8 on a separate piece of paper to hand in!

11. Go Deeper…
If you are a 1: Research “who was John Deer and describe his invention known as the plough”
If you are a 2: Research Cyrus McCormick and his invention the Reaper
If you are a 3: Research Jethro Tull and his invention the Seed Drill
**Find pictures as well as information to share with your group!