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The Pros And Cons Of The Agricultural Revolution

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In the 1600’s the agricultural revolution started with new technologies in farming. The Dutch started building dikes to protect the farmland from flooding, they also were using animal fertilizer to enrich the soil of their farms. Roughly 100 years later a British man invented the seed drill which planted seeds in rows much faster than they were able to by hand. Another man started to breed horses to be stronger so they could do more work and he also bred sheep and cattle for a bigger yield of meat. With farming becoming more successful and easier the peasants that worked in them were no longer needed. So with the peasants losing their jobs they moved to the cities to seek out jobs; there they would soon use the new machines to come. With the
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