What Were Some of the Causes and Effects of Both the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions in Great Britain? Industrial Revolution, term usually applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society relying on complex machinery rather than tools. It is used historically to refer primarily to the period in British history from the middle of the 18th century to the middle …showed first 75 words of 2532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2532 total…harvesting machinery. However, because of the large amount of cheap labour the introduction of tools and machinery was a slow process. Agricultural productivity between 1750 and 1850 more or less doubled, with produce akin to wheat growing fourfold. This was chiefly through an amplification in the land obtainable for cultivation, and to a lesser extent via varying farm practices. Other significant factors included the application of artificial fertilizers and enhanced clay soils during the early 19th century.