How did the war with France encourage the landowners to enclose more and more land?
1. By the end of the 18th century, France was at war with England.
2. This disrupted trade and the import of food grains from Europe.
3. Prices of food grains in England sky rocketed, encouraging landowners to enclose lands and enlarge the area under grain cultivation.
4. Profits flowed in and landowners pressurized the parliament to pass the Enclosure Act.
