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Today in class, we got assigned seats and assigned laptops. We also talked about daily blogs.
You can choose to research any topic that falls under one of the following main topics:
1. Exploration and Colonization
2. Revolutionary War
3. Westward Expansion
4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's
5. Civil War and Reconstruction
The Industrial Revolution was a time of Invention and Innovation. There were many inventions ranging from communication methods to sewing machines, and wood mills. Some of you may be wondering: What is the importance of the Industrial Revolution? Well, the tools and simple technology had been the same for many years. If you think about technology in the world we live in today, technology is always changing. If you use the same thing every day for the same type of work, the work won't improve, it will simply stay the same.
The Agricultural Revolution was part of the Industrial Revolution. I'm sure you've been told before that you "can't do anything without agriculture." Agriculture is kind of like science; you use it in most things. Being from Iowa, you might think agriculture is corn fields and cows. But, that isn't the case.
Between the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, agricultural technology changed drastically. They made major improvements to the plow, machines used for harvesting, and drills used for planting crops. This made farming more efficient and they could make more food, and sell more as well. Now days, farmers use huge combines and tractors. While the Revolution was going on, they were still using plows drug behind horses.
While some farmers were inventing things for the field, others were inventing things in a different way. Robert Bakewell was known for breeding animals who had the qualities that farmers liked. Bakewell died in 1795 but his thoughts of breeding were used well into the Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's and still used in current day. The 1800's was a time that introduced people to new technology and made the technology of today possible.
Below is a picture of a modern day plow vs. the plow that was used during the time of the agricultural revolution.
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