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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution started in the 1700's and was a great time

period in the history of earth. It paved the way for more efficient industries

and was the first step towards urbanization.



Great Britain, a large rural society, had many farms. Farming took a lot

of time out of the day of the people; they needed to invent something more

efficient to work on their farms. Jethro Tull invented the seed drill and the

plough. The seed drill increased the percent of seeds that germinated, it

spaced them out equally instead of the old method of taking a handful of

seeds and throwing them all over the field. The plough turned the dirt over to

be able to use the nutrients under the old crop. Another agricultural inventor

was Charles Townshend. He thought up the idea of the four crop rotation

instead of the one in use at that time, the three crop rotation. In this way, they

had two crops to feed their livestock, which increased the nutrients in the soil,

and they had two basic crops to feed themselves.



The Industrial Revolution took place in Britain because of the large

rural societies. After those main agricultural inventions, the plough and seed

drill, the farmers wanted more land. They were only given a small square on

which they could farm. The farmers that wanted more land received it, and

therefore made a prosperous living. But the workers who were still on the

small pieces of land couldn't make as good as a living like the farmers with

the big fields. This put them out of a job, which was ironically another big

step in the Industrial Revolution.



The out of work farmers, needing a job to survive, found work at

factories being built by wealthy land owners. These factories were placed in

very significant spots, by rivers. A water frame was installed to power these

factories. People eventually moved from their cottage industries to urban

areas.



The Industrial Revolution basically got off its feet by people having

more time on...