The Industrial Revolution
Kirby-CHS
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North Clackamas School District Social
Studies Priority Standards:
 HK
2. Analyze the complexity and
investigate causes and effects of
significant events in World
History.
I Can define and explain in writing the
following key concepts:
Industrial Revolution
Seed Drill
Crop Rotation
EXCEEDING
5
PROFICIENT
4
PROGRESSING
3.5
EMERGING
3
Your K.I.M. vocabulary
is detailed and
complete (including
memory device).
Critical thinking
answers and summary
paragraph are
detailed, clear and
accurate with specific
supporting details in
complete sentences.
Your K.I.M. vocabulary
is complete (including
memory device). Critical
thinking answers and
summary paragraph are
clear and accurate with
specific supporting
details in complete
sentences.
Your K.I.M. vocabulary is
complete . (including
memory device). Critical
thinking answers and
summary paragraph are
accurate with minimum
supporting details in
complete sentences.
Your K.I.M. vocabulary
is complete –”sloppy”,
“rushed.”Critical
thinking answers and
summary paragraph are
and accurate with little
supporting details in
complete sentences.
Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution (beginning in England
during the 18th century): society shifted from
using tools to make products by hand to using
new sources of energy, such as coal, to power
machines to produce products in factories.
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Industrial Revolution
How much did the Industrial Revolution change
society?
The only way to investigate these questions is to compare and
contrast industrial with pre-industrial society.
The pace of change in preindustrial society was extremely slow.
Daily life in pre-industrial times changed very little for
Europeans.
Almost all people lived and worked in the country.
From 1300 to 1750, for the average peasant, people’s work and
social life mixed, as families lived on small plots of land, growing
crops mostly for home consumption.
This traditional agrarian lifestyle and outlook held true for
generations.
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King George III
• King George III was very interested in
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agriculture and was known as "Farmer
George."
He maintained large gardens at his
estates at Richmond and Windsor.
The British Agricultural Revolution
reached its peak during his reign
(1760–1820).
19th-century
plowing with sixoxen team in
Sussex, England.
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Enclosure
❖Enclosure is when land that was traditionally held and
used in common is fenced by private owners.
❖Enclosure in England occurred between 1750 and 1860 as
a result of parliamentary acts.
❖Enclosure resulted in 21% of the land in England being
fenced for private use.
❖This resulted in larger, more efficient farms that required
less labor.
❖Many English peasants, who were no longer able to graze
sheep and cattle or live off the land, were forced to move to
the cities for employment.
A doggerel (rhyme) of the time
went:
The law locks up the man or
woman who steals the goose
from off the common; But leaves
the greater villain loose who
steals the common from the
goose.
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Agricultural Innovators
Jethro Tull developed the seed
drill to make sowing seeds faster
and more efficient than planting
them by hand.
The seed drill makes a small hole
and drops the seed into it. It is
estimated that crop yields rose as
much as eight times. Large motordriven seed drills are used today.
Seed Drill
Jethro Tull
Robert Bakewell developed
the use of selective livestock
breeding in England.
He bred Dishley Longhorn cattle
for beef, New Leicester sheep for
their fine wool and ability to live
in the cold English climate, and
the Shire horse for its strength.
Clockwise: New Leicester Sheep,
Shire Horse, Dishley Longhorn Cow
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Turnips, Cattle and Crop Rotation
• Lord Charles Townshend
helped develop the four-field
crop rotation system using
wheat, barley, turnips and
clover.
Four-field crop rotation was a
key development in the
Agricultural Revolution.
In 1730 Lord Townshend
imported Dutch-grown
turnips to feed cattle during
the winter.
Using inexpensive turnips and
clover allowed farmers to
maintain their livestock yearround.
Previously, English farmers
slaughtered their cattle
before winter because the
cost of feed was too high.
Right, Clockwise: Clover, Barley, Wheat.
Far Right: Townshend, Turnips, Bull
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From the Country to the City
• The population of England
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rose slowly, by less than
two million people, during
the 100 years from 1700
to 1800.
The population then
increased sharply from
1801 to 1901, increasing
by over 22 million.
Many people moved into
the cities looking for
work.
Population of England
1700 – 1901
1700 – 1800-------------------------1900
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Industrial Revolution
Partner Book Review:
Skim pages 253-257
Answer questions 1-3
Turn in your questions to me on a
Separate piece of paper please!
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