This YouTube clip is of limited usefulness in telling us about the causes of the Industrial Revolution. Although it provides a great insight into how the Agricultural Revolution helped cause the Revolution, it doesn’t talk about other factors such as Britain’s coal supply or a stable government. These factors will discussed in detail later.

This source is useful in telling us how the Enclosure Acts, Improved Farming Techniques and Crop Rotation helped cause the Industrial Revolution. The Enclosure Acts where a series Laws passed by British Parliament, that transferred common land (land worked by peasants) into the hands of private land owners. Improved Farming Techniques helped cause the Industrial Revolution because of new inventions such