1. The Agricultural RevolutionOr
How we Got to be Fat & Happy

2. 18th C. European Food Supply
Peasants were to produce food
Risks were great = Slow Change
Mistakes could be fatal
Price Variation Effects
Peasant Suffering
Landlord Profit / Loss

3. How did the Agricultural Revolution begin?
Land Use
More land under cultivation [Dutch Reclamation]
Crop Innovations
Clover & Turnips
Early Inventions
Jethro Tull >> Seed Drill
Charles Townsend >> Fertilizers & Rotation
Robert Bakewell >> Animal Breeding

4. How did farming practice change?
Crop Rotation
4 Field Rotation
Replenish soil via different crops & use
Open Field System
3 Field Rotation
Replenish soil via rest
Food Crop
Fallow
Pasture

5. The Enclosure Movement
What is it?
The shift from community based farming to tenant farming by…
Fencing & parceling land >> no common village area
Why did it occur?
Less Waste – Higher Crop Yields – Profit $$
What were the results in England?
Commercialization of Farming!!!
Government Intervention via SUBSIDY
Changing demographics of villages & towns
More Productive Land = More Food >> ↑Population!

6. Enclosure Movement Enclosed land today
What is happening in England based on this document?
Enclosed land today

7. Were Agricultural Changes Universal Throughout 18th c. Europe?
Dutch were already efficient
Land reclamation – Specialization
France made limited changes…
Only if it positively affected the nobility
Eastern Europe made little change
Landlord – Serf relationship discouraged innovation
Maize & Potato introduced… = biggest change!

8. Why did the population explode in 18th c. Europe?
Less war
Improved sanitation and hygiene
Improved medical knowledge
Innovation & Invention
New crops from the Americas
Tomato, Corn and… the humble POTATO!

9. Write down and then analyze the following question and write a thesis statement & intro that fully addresses it…then outline a response…
Identify the key features of the 18th c. Agricultural Revolution and analyze its social and economic consequences.
The Agricultural Revolution of the 1700s included … and resulted in…
Significant developments such as… led to … during the …