In the 1600s England had a subsistance farming industry. This is farming that of what your family only needs. Then there was an enclosure movement. England had common grounds - ground that was owned by everyone. They fenced common grounds off during the movement. The citizens who had small families and grounds had grounds taken from them and it was given to larger farm owners. Now they were tennant farmers. Those who couldn't were forced to move elsewhere. New methods of farming were found and more crops were grown. They looked for efficiency.
Jethro Toll was concerned about the amount of seed that was being wasted by hand seeding. He invented the seed drill. They were planted in straight rows. Crop rotation. Crops are rotated every year to obtain new nutrients. Wooden plow to metal. Interchangeble plow.
Cities had larger populations because of the search of work. There isn't any work. Great Britain is now the industrial revolution leader. They had the natural resources. Coal and iron ore.
Natural resource, land, and labor were the factors of production.
Another natural resource was water. Food, transportation, and power came from this.
The disadvantages were flooding and drought. The textile (clothing) industry boomed. Clothes were sewed by hand until mechanics.
The thread loom turned string into cloth. The advance happened quickly.
Steam engines are being invented. Factories and boats and locomotives are created.
Communication and transportation are faster.
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