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Define the following terms appropriately:Agrarian RevolutionIndustrial RevolutionWhat was the contribution of Alfred Weber and Von Thunen towards the revolutions?How have their theories been applicable in the United States and Europe?

Define the following terms appropriately:
Agrarian Revolution
Industrial Revolution
What was the contribution of Alfred Weber and Von Thunen towards the revolutions?
How have their theories been applicable in the United States and Europe?
The Agrarian Revolution was a period of time that adopted a "common" land concept, which defined legal rights of ownership and eliminated the "open-field" system of cultivation. This improved the quality and productivity of agriculture because a clear description of property encouraged landlords to use new types of machinery and to experiment with new methods of irrigation, drainage, crop rotation, and the use of fertilizers. These changes did greatly impoverish both landless poor and the small free-holders because from that time on they could exploit resources of "common" land. As a consequence, many of them sold their holdings and either became landless laborers working for the great landowners or moved to the new industrial towns causing a rea...

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