AP European History / Unit 3: Absolutism and Constitutionalism
3.3 Continuities and Changes to Economic Practice and Development
Notes
Agriculture remained central; the Agricultural Revolution began in the Netherlands and England (crop rotation, enclosure). Commerce grew; the putting-out system expanded.
Practice
Enclosure meant:
Pushed peasants off land.
Crop rotation with turnips and clover helped by:
Four-field system.
Which stayed the same in this period?
Continuity.
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