... enclosure of the early 18th century, when representatives of the government traveled the country enclosing land. This land was cultivated, and eventually, became arable. This land was so well farmed that it produced crops of a higher quality than had been seen before. The same can be said about livestock production...improvements were made in all areas of agriculture which paved the way for a population boom which, in turn provided the necessary manpower to work the fields. This manpower, in turn produced the necessary surplus to sell on the open market. These machinery created for the land freed the labour which moved away from rural Britain and into the cities thus creating a boom in the urban population. This urban population boom produced the manpower necessary for running the new industrial machinery which would revolutionize production. The more production in turn created more money which would be re-invested back into the economy. Money was ...

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