The Industrial Revolution was a movement that shifted England's economy from one centered on agriculture to one based on manufacturing goods. Although the Agricultural Revolution began around 1500 and ended around 1850, it was not until the Industrial Revolution that changes began in any significant way. Before the Industrial Revolution, villagers practiced communal farming, in which residents worked together to cultivate a large plot of land. . Part of the land was divided into three different cultivated fields. One for wheat or rye, one for oats or beans, and one for fallow. The fourth section of land was left to give livestock a place to graze, plant wild plants, and store firewood for the winter. The enclosure movement helped promote the transition from agriculture to industry. With this movement, agriculture came to be used for commercial practices and not so much as a way to feed individual families. Before the start of the enclosure movement, villages practiced communal agriculture in which the land and what was grown and raised on it were shared among residents. However, this way of farming changed as the effects of the enclosure movement made their way into the villages. Communal farms were divided into single-family farms, each family receiving an equal share of land. The owners of the land were rich families. These owners rent the land to farmers. During the enclosure movement, landowners signed new leases for individual families. These leases usually lasted 19 years and every family living in the village was entitled to obtain a lease. People who owned very small farms could not survive on their own without the right to use the common land, of which little or no land remained because it had been divided. So…half of the paper…most of the hard work required in the fields. Farmers also discovered that they could grow turnips and legumes to preserve the soil for future growing seasons. The development of railroads and steamships allowed large quantities of crops to be shipped throughout the nation and abroad. These developments helped to increase profits and transform the English economy into a capitalist one. Developments resulting from the enclosure movement and the industrial revolution have shaped the way we farm today. Farmers today produce large quantities of crops for large numbers of people. New tools and technologies, including genetically modified foods, are being developed to further advance these agricultural practices. Therefore, it can be said that the world is going through another industrial revolution, which could last for many years to come.