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