Question

what is enclosure movement

Answer 1

Enclosure (sometimes inclosure) was the legal process in England of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm. Once enclosed, use of the land became restricted to the owner, and it ceased to be common land for communal use.

Answer 2

The enclosure movement was the type of movement on which the wealthy big farmers brought land from small farmers, then benefited from economies of scale in farming huge tracts of land.The enclosure movement led to improved crop production, such as the rotation of crops.