Agricultural revolution

How was the big problem of famine in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries bringing the revolution in agriculture with new machinery

1. Agricultural revolution

2. Definition An  agricultural revolution  or  agrarian revolution  is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a  Palaeolithic diet, into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living a more advanced and more productive form of agriculture, resulting in further social changes

3. What did people need? People needed a change to evolve and make their regular work easier. Humans’ creativity let the world go on as they create new techniques to improve in the farming business. It was needed and impulse to increase the productivity of crops.

4. Example of Agricultural revolutions The Neolithic Revolution  (around 10,000 B.C.), the initial transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture. The Arab Agricultural Revolution  (8th–13th centuries), diffusion of many crops and farming techniques across Arab world and Muslim world. The British Agricultural Revolution  (1750–19th centuries), an increase in agricultural productivity in Great Britain which helped drive the Industrial Revolution. The Scottish Agricultural Revolution  (18th–19th centuries), it specifically led to the Lowland Clearances. The Green Revolution  (1943–late 1970s), a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives that increased industrialized agriculture production in India.

5. Family Life in the pre-agricultural revolution Political power and influence was in the hands of rich landowners. there was another class of landowners called yeomen between the rich and the poor, then they were less. T he great mass of the population were craftsmen and labourers. People had drinking problem with gin. Many towns in England were improved in the later 18th century when men called Paving or Improvement Commissioners were formed by Acts of Parliament.