The Agricultural Revolution is the name given to the drastic changes in the farming process that occurred in the 1600's onwards. The spread-out, shared farms, common under the "open-field system" of cultivation, turned into more compact, but larger, farms. The many problems associated with open fields; the overgrazing of animals, difficulty in reaching consensus for change, and single herds that had led to a spread of animal diseases and uncontrollable breeding breeding; had all become generally solved (Gernhard). Farmers had discovered a crop rotation system that allowed them to forgo leaving up to half the land unused or fallow between each planting.
Answer:
b. The railroad network
Explanation:
The construction of the U.S. railroad network allowed a faster movement of raw materials and goods throughout the American territory. This promoted a faster capital growth rate, and when capital is abundant, industry ensues.
Mining, the steel industry and agriculture are only specific sectors that benefited from the construction of the U.S. railroad network. It was the railroad network that boosted growth.
Answer: mercantilism lead to the adoption of enormous trade restrictions.
Explanation: for example American colonies became more dependent on manufactured goods from Britain.