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After buying up the land of village farmers, wealthy landowners enclosed their land with fences or hedges. The increase in their landholdings enabled them to cultivate larger fields.

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How did the enclosure movement in England affect urbanization?

In the enclosure movement GB landowners closed off public lands to better organize and keep track of land and animals.


Explain how conditions in England around 1600 made it ripe to colonize north America?

Enclosure movement


Was a movement in England to fence off land?

The Enclosure movement, with it's roots in the Tudor era. It was the beginning of the shift from feudalism to socialistic agriculture.


What did the enclosure movement the farmers to do?

The enclosure movement taught farmers to fence land earmarked for grazing and cultivation.


Who benefited the most from England's enclosure farming?

Rich landowners that could afford the land benefitted the most from England's enclosure farming.


What was the movement that increased the farm production?

Enclosure


What Movement allowed landowners to fence off their land?

The British Enclosure Movement


What affect did the enclosure movement have on farmers?

The enclosure movement had diverse effects on farmers. The rural proletarians were kicked out the rural lands which resulted to few farmers owning large lands and this result to poverty and homelessness.


How did the enclosure movement change englands society?

The enclosure movement created thousands of poor, unemployed beggars who wandered to different towns looking for work. These people believed leaving England for a chance at a better life in America was appealing.


How did the enclosure movement change English society?

There was a surplus of food, and farmers moved to the city.


What is it called when you fencing off of public lands?

The Enclosure Movement


What does enclosure movement in history mean?

The enclosure movement was a series of legislative acts in England in the 18th and 19th centuries that allowed wealthy landowners to take over and consolidate common lands, forcing small farmers and peasants off the land they had traditionally used. This led to the privatization of agricultural land, the eviction of tenant farmers, and the consolidation of landholdings, contributing to the rise of industrial capitalism and urbanization.