USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Enclosure movement has been seen by some as causing the destruction of the traditional peasant way of life, however miserable. Landless peasants could no longer maintain an economic independence so had to become labourers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Enclosure Movement was a push in the 18th and 19th centuries to take land that had formerly been owned in common by all members of a village, or at least available to the public for grazing animals and growing food, and change it to privately owned land, usually with walls, fences or hedges around it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Enclosures caused poverty, homelessness, and rural depopulation, and resulted in revolts in 1549 and 1607. The image of a happy, prosperous village was an idealized vision of England itself, in which “the people” were industrious, independent farmers with ties to specific plots of land going back through generations.

Detailed explanation-4: -This affected poor farmers in a manner as they could no longer collect firewood and graze their cattle. They could no longer hunt animals for food. They would not be able to collect fruits and vegetables. They no longer collect stalks that were left on the field after the crops are cut.