-Families had small plots of land; grew only for what their family needed that year (Subsistance Farming)
-Agrarian= lifestyle based on agriculture.
-Farmers used hand tools/pulled by animals.
-Crop rotation- they rotate the crops/different plants every year to help replenish soil/get the best amount of nutrients.
-Revolutions started because they had many natural resources.=rivers to transport goods, coal, iron, cotton, open land.
-Farmers with small lands went to cities. Amounts to large population. People learned the trades/worked for food.
-Steam engine=Industrial Revolution. Factories are being built.
-People want more money. Women and children were used as cheap labor because they're not used to working.
-People do not have to learn the entire trade/learn only their part in the factory. Had to learn or production will slow down/be punished/hurt. Poor working conditions.
-Women and children realize they don't have to work under those conditions. They held strikes. Formed unions (fighting for them) saying x amount of breaks and x amount of time for breaks. Required to pay minimum wage.
-Other companies start to grow/factories get larger, more of them.
-Assembly lines-a little bit of product made at each stattion, passed down until completed.
-Automobiles starting to be made. Henry Ford= 1st man to start to create automobiles. Car industry is growing.
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