Respond to each of the following questions in two to three sentences:
1. What are the three most important factors contributing to the agricultural revolution in Europe? They increase the use and understanding of the traditional farming ways and techniques and put them towards more of a commercial use. They increase more land into production use and gathered more workers verses using more machines.
2. How did the agricultural revolution change European society? Provide an example. The techniques of farming approved on a larger scale. People were able to afford food at lessor price. This also gave them an option to be able to purchase things outside of food. Creating additional jobs for rural manufacturers to create more consumer goods.
Industrial Revolution
Respond to each of the following questions in two to three sentences:
1. What are the three most important factors contributing to the industrial revolution in Europe? The most important factors contributing to the industrial revolution in Europe were financing capital-intensive industries, backing the railroads, and favoring the establishment of factories. The invention of hand tools, the use of steam in place of animal and human muscle and the acceptance and adoption of the factory system were all factors and changes in the revolution.
3. Describe working conditions in factories and mines between 1800 and 1850. What was life like for a typical worker? Reference at least one primary source to support your response. Working conditions in factories were horrible especially for women and children. They hired them for less pay especially the children. The children would work 12 to 14 hours a day sometimes being deformed by the machines. “Laissez-faire was the rule in England.
