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1fencing in common land51 sets
218th century english movement, marked the rise of market oriented estate.11 sets
3the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in england during the eighteenth century.9 sets
4this was the way that the english landowners would now organize their land so that the farmers would become more productive in their work7 sets
5practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings7 sets
6the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in england during the eighteenth century6 sets
7the process of taking over and fencing off public lands so that animals can graze6 sets
8the act of wealthy landlords fencing in common pastures and experimenting with new technology. villiges losing common lands and peasents became poorer.4 sets
9the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers.3 sets
10process of taking over and consolidating land formally shared by peasants2 sets
11the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in england during the 18th century.2 sets
1218th centure english movement, marked the rise of market oriented estate.2 sets
13the process of consolidation small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in england during the 18th century.2 sets
1418th century movement among wealthy british landed aristocrats to rationalize their farms. using new farming technology and systems of crop rotation, they forced the agrarian poor off the old "village commons" that now became "enclosed" as private property.2 sets
15landowners found they could get more money with sheep and they threw people off their land2 sets
16the movement from using open fields to using fenced off private and common lands. parliament passed laws that allowed them to do this2 sets
17the fencing of pasture land in england beginning prior to the industrial revolution2 sets
18purchase of farms to create lareger ones1 set
19a process in europe where landowners fenced small fields to create large farms1 set
20hedges, fences, and walls built to keep the peasants from accessing the land.1 set
21a1 set
22consolidating small land holdings into larger farms1 set
23wealthy landowners bougth up fields that had been shared by rich and poor farmers. the new landowners made large farms and fenced them. this allowed for more efficient farming methods and further increased the food supply. left many farmers unable to make a living in the countryside; and they'd go to cities for jobs1 set
24the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms1 set
25allowed for more efficient farming methods1 set
26in britain; taking land and consolidating it; farmers lost jobs and migrated to cities to find work1 set
27thousands of field workers are evicted because landowners no longer need them1 set
28large land owners in england closed off land and small farmers lost jobs1 set
29larger fields that farmers started more productive seeding habits1 set
30a 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography that argued that the laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences1 set
31british government transformed the rural landscape by consolidating individually owned strips of land into a single large farm1 set
32farmers fenced off areas in the common ground1 set
33fencing off general land and selling it to richer farmers1 set
34movement that allowed wealthier people to own all the common land and private land farming. made more poor people.1 set
35helped force the agriculture revolution. because wealthy landowners brought and monopolized available farm land1 set
36the process of consolidating small landholding into a smaller number of larger farms in england during the eighteenth century1 set
37between 1750 and 1850 in great britain. the british government transformed the rural landscape by consolidating individually owned strips of land surrounding a village into a single large farm, owned by an individual. when necessary, the government forced people to give up their former holdings.1 set
3818th century english movement which marked the rise of the market oriented estate.1 set
39resulted in the grouping of lands, the removal of enclosure lines, and more land1 set
40large landowners in britian fence off common land forcing peasents to move into cities and work for factories1 set