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The agrarian revolution took place in Britain in the 1750 as a replacement to the open field system. Discuss any six results of the agrarian...

The agrarian revolution took place in Britain in the 1750 as a replacement to the open field system. Discuss any six results of the agrarian revolution in Britain

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Dana
Increase in the quantity, quality and variety of food available led to improvement in the diets hence reducing death caused by malnutrition resulting in increase in population
There was emergence of new classes. The classes formed were landowners and working class. The wealthy landowners’ class were of wealthy people that had bought land and created agricultural estates while the working class were of the peasants that were evicted to work in the industries
There was unemployment as displaced peasants had no work and so they went to seek employment in the industries. There, not all got employed so some engaged in crime and other vices to survive
There was rural urban migration. People moved to urban centers to seek employment in the factories and set up industries in these centers
There was migration to other lands as the landless poor people were forced to drift away to work in the neighboring industrial towns while others worked in the enclosed estates. These people immigrated to new lands of USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
The agrarian revolution led to industrialization due to the availability of raw materials for agricultural based industries such as textile and dairy industries
Dana05 answered the question on April 16, 2019 at 16:25

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