The main role crop rotationplayed in industrial revolution is that it helped restore plant nutrients to the soil, so crops grew better.
Crop rotation refers to the growing of a set of different types of crops in the same are in sequential seasons in order to help restore plant nutrients to the soil and mitigate the build-up of pests and pathogens which is seen when one plant species is constantly cropped. Thus, crops grew better. With the crop rotation method, a farmer is able to plant all of their fields but rotating nutrient draining crops with crops that replenish the soil.