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Eli Whitney's Contribution To The Agricultural Revolution

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The Agricultural Revolution helped spark the Industrial Revolution by increasing the amount of food produced and decreasing the number of farm workers. The Agricultural Revolution paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. As wealthy landowners bought and enclosed farmland, many people were forced to become tenant farmers or move to the cities. The Industrial Revolution began in the textile industry. Newly invented machines such as the spinning jenny helped increase the rate at which yarn and thread were made. Industrialization increased the demand for cotton as well. This led to Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin . the Agricultural Revolution, led to the Industrial Revolution.Much of England's farmland was common property.People had
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