the work and methods of growing crops and looking after animals that are then used for food

if farmland is left fallow, it is not planted with any crops

land which is suitable and used for growing crops

the practice of turning land owned by a group of people into fenced off land owned by a single person

a substance that you put on land in order to make plants grow well

The Agricultural Revolution

History

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and urban migration

Political radicals and the Peterloo Massacre

Calls for reform and the 1832 Great Reform Act

The Industrial Revolution and change in Britain

In this unit, pupils examined how industrialisation transformed lives, the empire and its global influence. In 'The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?', pupils look at the transformation of the British Empire during the height of the industrial period.

In ‘The British Empire: why did it grow in the 17th and 18th centuries?’, pupils explored the expansion of the Empire and the factors driving its growth. This unit builds on that by examining how industrialisation during the Industrial Revolution transformed people’s lives, including its impact on the empire and its global influence.

In this unit, pupils learn about the changes to life brought about by the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. They learn about calls for political reform and how this led to the 1832 Great Reform Act. Pupils end the unit by considering how much the Industrial Revolution changed people's lives.

The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

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Write the missing word. When farmland is not used to plant crops it can be described as...

landlords fenced off fields and farmed on a larger scale

areas like the Fens had some of the water pumped out

the plants grown on each field were changed each year

manure was used to add more nutrients to the soil

Match each method of agricultural improvement with its correct description.

Write the missing word. Crop rotation also helped farmers to produce more manure to use as {{}} on their fields.

Which revolution do many historians argue was only possible because of the Agricultural Revolution?

Which methods of agricultural improvement were most likely to encourage people to move away from the areas they had lived in previously?

more food was produced to provide for people

new jobs were available to increase wealth

new technology was created to improve lives

Why was the population able to increase so much after the Agricultural Revolution?

The year 1700 is part of the {{}} century.

What type of work is agriculture often associated with?

What type of work is industry often associated with?

Which group made up the majority of England's population in the 17th century?

Write the missing word. A short period which involves major changes is often referred to as a...

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

The Agricultural Revolution

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