warm up list three inventions that you can’t live without. explain why

Warm Up

List three inventions that you can’t live without.

Explain why

AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION LEADS TO

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Lecture 15

Life before Industrial RevolutionMost people worked the land using

homemade toolsMade their own clothingGrew their own food (sustenance farming)

Agriculture Leads to IndustryFarming methods improve

Built levees to gain more farmlandUsed fertilizer; crop rotation to restore soilCombine small farms into large ones

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Agricultural production increasesMore food = more populationLess workers needed in the fieldsMore people available for factories

Seed Drill

A different kind of revolutionAgricultural Revolution (1750 – 1900)Change from simply farming to massive

production by using machines & new techniques

Industrial Revolution (1750 – 1850)Change from a rural (farm), make-it-yourself

economy to urban (city), machine driven manufacturing

New Technology Becomes KeyNew Sources of Energy developed

Coal powered steam enginesIntense heat of coal allowed for iron production

Steam Engine