WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Inclosure Acts, , cover enclosure of open fields and common land in England and Wales, creating legal property rights to land previously held in common. Between 1604 and 1914, over 5, 200 individual enclosure acts were passed, affecting 28, 000 km2.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of Enclosure ended the old system of arable farming in open fields that were used in England and Wales. In the 16th century, the prices of wool went up, and the rich farmers wanted to broaden wool production to earn profits.

Detailed explanation-3: -Enclosure Acts sought to make land more productive-and therefore more profitable. To prevent villagers from collecting resources from the land, the government started fencing, or enclosing, fields. The communal land was essentially seized from communities that relied on it for survival and divvied up to paying farmers.

Detailed explanation-4: -There is little doubt that enclosure greatly improved the agricultural productivity of farms from the late 18th century by bringing more land into effective agricultural use. It also brought considerable change to the local landscape.