THE COMING OF MODERN AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND
1. Why were the threshing machines broken?
2. When was the first threshing machine broken?
3. What message was conveyed in the threatening letters received by the farmers?
4. What would happen if machines replace workmen?
5. On whose name were these letters signed?
6. Why did the landlords destroy their own machines?
7. What were the places where riots occurred?
8. What happened to the people who were engaged in the riot?
9. Was Captain Swing a real name? Why do you say so?
THE TIME OF OPEN FIELDS AND COMMONS
10. What was the condition of the land before 18th century?
11. Before 18th century large parts of England countryside was ---------------. The lands were not ----------------------.
12. Peasants cultivated on -----------------.
13. What happened at the public meeting in the beginning of each year?
14. Why were the strips of land offered to the villagers varied in quality?
15. What are common lands?
16. How did the villagers use this land and nearby rivers, ponds and forests?
17. How did this common land help the farmers?
18. Why were the farmers keen on increasing the wool production?
19. Why were the large areas of land divided using compact blocks?
20. Why were they keen on separating each other's fields?
21. What happened to the poor and villagers who owned small cottages?
22. What is enclosure movement?
23. Who created the early enclosures?
24. The individual landlords were supported / not supported by the state or the church.
25. What changed the English landscape after the eighteenth century?
26. Between 1750 and 1850 ---------------- acres of land were enclosed.
27. The British parliament legalised these enclosures. True or False?
28. The British parliament passed --------------- to legalise these enclosures.
NEW DEMANDS FOR GRAIN
29. What was the nature of the enclosure in the sixteenth century?
30. What was the nature of the enclosure in the eighteenth century?
31. What were the differences between the old and the new enclosures?
32. What caused an increased demand of food grains?
33. Why did men from rural areas migrate to urban areas?
34. What factors led to the rise of food grains price?
35. By the end of eighteenth century ------------ was at war with England.
36. How did the war affect the trade and import of food grains from England?
37. How did the war force the Parliament to pass the Enclosure Acts?
THE AGE OF ENCLOSURES
38. What is the strange difference in the effect of rapid population growth over the food production after the nineteenth century?
39. In spite of increasing population, during 1868 England was producing 80 percent of its food consumption and imported too. True or False?
40. How was this massive food production possible?
41. What all did the landlords do to increase food production?
42. Why did the farmers cultivate turnip and clover regularly?
43. Turnip and clover had the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil. True or False?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POOR?
44. How did the enclosures affect the life of the poor?
45. What happened particularly in the Midlands and the countries around?
46. Why could not the poor find secured jobs?
47. Were the laboureres paid wages throughout the year? Explain the reason.
48. The landowners ------------ the amount they had to spend on their workmen.
49. Work became -----------------, employment -------------------------, income ------------------.
50. For a large part of the year, the poor had no work. True or False?
THE INTRODUCTION OF THRESHING MACHINES
51. Why were the threshing machines introduced during the Napoleanic wars?
52. What false reasons were given by the landlords for using the threshing machines?
53. Why did they prefer machines to laboureres?
54. Why did the Agricultural Depression set in?
55. Why did the landowners want to cut the import of food grains?
56. Why did the poor go from village to village?
1. Why were the threshing machines broken?
2. When was the first threshing machine broken?
3. What message was conveyed in the threatening letters received by the farmers?
4. What would happen if machines replace workmen?
5. On whose name were these letters signed?
6. Why did the landlords destroy their own machines?
7. What were the places where riots occurred?
8. What happened to the people who were engaged in the riot?
9. Was Captain Swing a real name? Why do you say so?
THE TIME OF OPEN FIELDS AND COMMONS
10. What was the condition of the land before 18th century?
11. Before 18th century large parts of England countryside was ---------------. The lands were not ----------------------.
12. Peasants cultivated on -----------------.
13. What happened at the public meeting in the beginning of each year?
14. Why were the strips of land offered to the villagers varied in quality?
15. What are common lands?
16. How did the villagers use this land and nearby rivers, ponds and forests?
17. How did this common land help the farmers?
18. Why were the farmers keen on increasing the wool production?
19. Why were the large areas of land divided using compact blocks?
20. Why were they keen on separating each other's fields?
21. What happened to the poor and villagers who owned small cottages?
22. What is enclosure movement?
23. Who created the early enclosures?
24. The individual landlords were supported / not supported by the state or the church.
25. What changed the English landscape after the eighteenth century?
26. Between 1750 and 1850 ---------------- acres of land were enclosed.
27. The British parliament legalised these enclosures. True or False?
28. The British parliament passed --------------- to legalise these enclosures.
NEW DEMANDS FOR GRAIN
29. What was the nature of the enclosure in the sixteenth century?
30. What was the nature of the enclosure in the eighteenth century?
31. What were the differences between the old and the new enclosures?
32. What caused an increased demand of food grains?
33. Why did men from rural areas migrate to urban areas?
34. What factors led to the rise of food grains price?
35. By the end of eighteenth century ------------ was at war with England.
36. How did the war affect the trade and import of food grains from England?
37. How did the war force the Parliament to pass the Enclosure Acts?
THE AGE OF ENCLOSURES
38. What is the strange difference in the effect of rapid population growth over the food production after the nineteenth century?
39. In spite of increasing population, during 1868 England was producing 80 percent of its food consumption and imported too. True or False?
40. How was this massive food production possible?
41. What all did the landlords do to increase food production?
42. Why did the farmers cultivate turnip and clover regularly?
43. Turnip and clover had the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil. True or False?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE POOR?
44. How did the enclosures affect the life of the poor?
45. What happened particularly in the Midlands and the countries around?
46. Why could not the poor find secured jobs?
47. Were the laboureres paid wages throughout the year? Explain the reason.
48. The landowners ------------ the amount they had to spend on their workmen.
49. Work became -----------------, employment -------------------------, income ------------------.
50. For a large part of the year, the poor had no work. True or False?
THE INTRODUCTION OF THRESHING MACHINES
51. Why were the threshing machines introduced during the Napoleanic wars?
52. What false reasons were given by the landlords for using the threshing machines?
53. Why did they prefer machines to laboureres?
54. Why did the Agricultural Depression set in?
55. Why did the landowners want to cut the import of food grains?
56. Why did the poor go from village to village?
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