Enclosure+Movement


 * [[image:sheepcreep%20(2).jpg width="312" height="323" align="left" caption="Enclosure had far-reaching impacts, even affecting sheep."]]The Enclosure Movement** led to the creation of a significant number of large and medium sized farms and was part of the Agricultural Revolution. This movement allowed aristocrats and country gentry to enclose plots of land that had previously been used as common grazing land shared between these landowners and the peasants. Peasants were supposed to be receiving their fair share of the land, but many did not receive their share. While this movement benefited the landowning group, it hurt many of the peasant laborers. Without available work that had been provided by the land for crops and livestock, these peasants migrated to the cities in search of work, and found employment in the growing number of factories.

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