2. It was supported by a strong
and powerful centralized
government
Britain was rich in coal and
iron which were needed by the
industry
Britain has many skilled
artisans.
Britain had good river ways
and seaports that made
trading more efficient
There was a rapid growth of
population
3. Agricultural Revolution was the development of
ways of keeping and improving the arable land in
Great Britain
Farm workers using more productive tools and
machinery produced more crops with fewer
workers.
all farmers kept livestock as well as growing
crops on arable land for their own food and a
small extra amount to trade with the towns
people for goods they couldn't or didn't have
time to make.
Farm life
4. all farm and village families kept gardens
that grew a wide variety of vegetables that
were used when they had ripened or grown
large enough. All farmers kept pigs, which
could often scrounge most of their own food
or eat milk left over from making cheese,
scraps or slop, and were fattened on acorns
in autumn before slaughter.
To grow more food the land has to be maintained at its present
nutrient level or better so it can grow larger and better crops.
the use of manure and bacteria in symbiosis with legume roots,
which could be used to fix nitrogen (N) in the soil. Through
crop rotation and use of organic fertilizers the soil can be
maintained; but higher yielding crops require either a large
amount of organic or commercial fertilizer.
