Question

How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to an increase in the population?
• It provided enough food to feed and grow the population.
• It provided new ways to transport goods and people.
• It provided political stability.
• It provided new markets for British
goods.

Answer 1

Correct answer: It provided enough food to feed and grow the population.

Why: Agricultural improvements (crop rotation, selective breeding, better tools, enclosure, etc.) raised yields and food reliability, which reduced famine and malnutrition, lowered death rates, and supported higher birth rates — causing population growth.

Why the others are incorrect:
- New ways to transport goods and people were mainly a result of the Industrial Revolution (canals, railways), not the Agricultural Revolution.
- Political stability was not a direct result of the Agricultural Revolution and wasn’t the primary driver of the population increase.
- New markets for British goods arose from industrialization and imperial trade, not from the Agricultural Revolution itself.