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Chapter 2: European Colonies and Native Nations, 1600-1660

Question 2.1: What were the main contours of English colonization in the seventeenth century?

What was the enclosure movement?

A. The act of taking land from Indians in the New World

B. The Church of England taking over land from nobles

C. The name given to military strategies employed by England against Spain

D. Landlords displacing small farmers from their lands and fencing in their holdings to keep commoners away



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Final answer:

The enclosure movement involved displacing small farmers and fencing off land in the seventeenth century English colonization.


Explanation:

The enclosure movement refers to landlords displacing small farmers from their lands and fencing in their holdings to keep commoners away. This practice occurred during the seventeenth century English colonization, leading to conflicts with Native Americans due to differing concepts of land ownership.


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