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Explain three factors which led to the Enclosure Movement in England after the Mid-eighteenth century.

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The factors which led to the Enclosure Movement in England were:

(1) Rapid expansion of population from 7 million in 1750 to 21 million in 1850 and 30 million in 1900.

(2) Increased demand for food grains to feed the growing population.

(3) War with France disrupted trade and import of food grains from Europe. Prices in England skyrocketed, encouraging landowners to enclose lands and enlarge the area under grain cultivation. Profits flowed in and landowners pressurised the parliament to pass the Enclosure Acts.



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