1. The Agricultural Revolution
EQ: What changes created the Agricultural Revolution and what were the results?

2. Background
What was life like for ordinary people in the 1600s – 1700s?
Most were farmers
Worked hours a day outside
Hard to provide for your family, much less others

3. Why does the Ag. Rev. begin in England?
Need to feed people in growing towns
Prices were high so need to produce more
Other countries were at war or having revolutions – England could focus on inventions
New ideas about farming take hold

4. Selective Breeding What does it do/what is the purpose?
Only let the strongest and fittest livestock mate
Goal: get top quality livestock
What were the effects of this innovation or idea?
Top quality livestock – prices increase
Larger pigs, sheep, and cattle are produced meaning more food for people

5. Directions
Use the readings on the back to fill in the inventions portion of the graphic organizer

8. Mechanical Reaper

11. Cotton Gin

12. Seed Drill

14. Overall Effects of Ag Rev
Increase in food supply
Population Growth (especially in cities)
Larger farms
Smaller farmers leave and move to cities
Mechanization of farming
Opens door for Industrial Revolution