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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill and horse-drawn hoe- completely revolutionising agricultural techniques and methods.
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Townshend establishes the 'four-year crop rotation'
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Robert Bakewell produces Leicester sheep through selective breeding. The sheep were made to be better than other breeds in terms of quality of wool and meat.
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Andrew Meikle produces the first threshing machine
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As a result of the war, the supply of imported grain decreased, and therefore the price caused the price to increase.
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Due to the war, the shortage of grain has caused the prices to rise rapidly. People in poorer villages begin to starve because they aren't able to purchase the good - grain.
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Speenhamland provided a new system where the bread was priced much more reasonably. They based the price around the number of kids a man had etc.
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Due to the war, the supply of imported grain decreases, and therefore, the price of the good will increase. With higher prices, people will become hesitant to buy the good; the poor will most likely suffer. Food riots become more frequent, as people demand and protest for lower prices.
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Luddites - an organisation of textile workers - rebel in order to fight for standard labour practices and conditions.
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The act sets a limit of hours children can work.
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Factory Act bans kids under nine from working
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Employers took the system to their advantage - further lowering wages - whilst leaving workers with smaller wages.
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Poor Law Amendment Act force poor to live in workhouses
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John Deere produces the first commercially successful cat-steel plough.
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Mines Act bans employment of girls and boys under 10
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The Board of Health deals with sanitation in the workplace (i.e.: mines and textile mills),
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