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This is a collection of resources related to the study of the Industrial Revolution and also the related research assignments.

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The Industrial Revolution - Innovations. Agricultural Revolution The Agricultural Revolution is the name given to the drastic changes in the farming process that occurred in the 1600's onwards. The spread-out, shared farms, common under the "open-field system" of cultivation, turned into more compact, but larger, farms. The many problems associated with open fields; the overgrazing of animals, difficulty in reaching consensus for change, and single herds that had led to a spread of animal diseases and uncontrollable breeding breeding; had all become generally solved (Gernhard).

Farmers had discovered a crop rotation system that allowed them to forgo leaving up to half the land unused or fallow between each planting. Animal husbandry was becoming widely used. This was just the beginning of the change, and many important players were able to create other innovations for the farm that would change the ways farms would work: Jethro Tull (1674 - 1741) Jethro Tull was a key player in introducing and popularizing root vegetables. Victorian Britain. Industrial Revolution: Facts and History - Immigration: Facts and History. *The Industrial Revolution started in England around 1733 with the first cotton mill. *The Industrial Revolution began in America after Samuel Slater, known as the "Father of the Industrial Revolution", brought the textile factory reconstructed a cotton-spinning machine which brought the textile factory.

*The Industrial Revolution began the modernization of America as Items that were once handmade in homes were now beginning to be produced in factories. *Factories in the United States need cheap labor and began employing children, some as young as the age of 6, and women. *There were many important inventors and inventions during the Industrial Revolution. *Women mostly found jobs in domestic service, textile factories, and piece work shops, and coal mines during the Industrial Revolution.

American History Calendar: A calendar site showing American history in a unique way: through a user-friendly web calendar. U.S. Biographies of Famous People Both Past and Present: - SEARCHABLE by keyword. The Open Door Web Site : History : The Industrial Revolution : Introduction. The Industrial Revolution Introduction In our modern world, we make daily use of the products of an industrialised era. These products include a wide variety of goods manufactured for our consumption.

It has not always been like this. There was a time when almost all products were hand-made and the factory system did not exist. The transition from a world of artisan manufacture to a factory system, and all its attendant benefits with which we are familiar, is known as the Industrial Revolution. It began in Britain in the early years of the 18th century. In a little over a century, Britain went from a largely rural, agrarian population to a country of industrialized towns, factories, mines and workshops.

As well as a revolution in industry, this period saw many changes and improvements in agricultural practice. History - British History in depth: Victorian Technology. The Industrial Revolution - Research - LibGuides at St. Peter Claver College.