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I. A Pre-Industrial society
FARMING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- Villages feed themselves(subsistence farming)
- One of three fields left fallow(empty) to regain fertility
- Animals grazed in common pastures
DISADVANTAGES
- Land use inefficient
- Farmers didnt experiment with new farming methods
FORCES FOR CHANGE
-Population growing-more food needed
-French blockade-no corn-more food needed
II. The Agricultural Revolution
ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT
-Wealthy landlords fenced in common pastures and experimented with new
farming technology
-Villages lost common lands and political power, peasants become poorer
CROP ROTATION
-Fields depleted of nutrients by one crop replenished by planting different
crops
-Fields not left inefficiently fallow
OTHER DISCOVERIES
-Seed drill planted seeds efficiently(Jethro Tull)
-New crops: corn and potato(from New World)
RESULTS OF AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
-More food available
-population increased