Question

directions: read the excerpt or watch the video to answer the corresponding questions. \the political dominance of large landowners determined the course of enclosure....it was their power in parliament and as local justices of the peace that enabled them to redistribute the land in their own favor. a typical round of enclosure began when several, or even a single, prominent landholder initiated it... by petition to parliament.... the commissioners were invariably of the same class and outlook as the major landholders who had petitioned in the first place, so it was not surprising that the great landholders awarded themselves the best land and the most of it, thereby making england a classic land of great, well - kept estates with a small marginal peasantry and a large class of rural wage labourers.\ 1. what does it appear is the real motivator for enclosure legislation? 2. who might want to initiate enclosure legislation? 3. given this new information about parliamentarians who pushed for enclosure laws, what can be said about the enclosure movement.

Explanation:

1. The real motivator for enclosure legislation appears to be the self - interest of large landowners. They used their power in Parliament and as local Justices of the Peace to redistribute land in their favor.
2. Prominent landholders, either several or a single one, might want to initiate enclosure legislation by petitioning to Parliament.
3. The Enclosure Movement was likely driven by the self - serving interests of the powerful landowning class. The Parliamentarians who pushed for enclosure laws were of the same class as the major landholders, resulting in land being awarded mainly to the landholders themselves, which led to a change in the rural social structure.

Answer:

1. The self - interest of large landowners.
2. Prominent landholders.
3. It was driven by the self - serving interests of the landowning class and led to a change in the rural social structure.