The Industrial Revolution started in the 1700s 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 eeds 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 couldnt 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 actories 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 their hands from making a living so they could think of better ways to live. The great population and surplus of labor helped move along the Industrial Revolution in Britain. It proved to be a great step for the world in development and progress.
