What were the positive and negative effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
POSITIVES: * Greater efficiency and technology allowed much more food to be grown. * The cost of food went down. * Fewer people were needed to grow more food. * Britons had access to a more nutritious and varied diet. * Many people now had time to do things other than secure sustenance. NEGATIVES: * The Enclosure Movement kicked many traditional farmers off the community-owned land they had used, putting them out of work. * With fewer people needed to grow more food, other farm workers were put out of work. * The population of England rose relatively quickly. NEUTRAL (can be argued either way): * The Agricultural Revolution allowed the Industrial Revolution to take place.
