You Are the Lord of an Estate

question 61

Multiple Choice

You are the lord of an estate.During the enclosure movement in Tudor England,what did you likely do with some of your common land?

• A) built a factory on it
• B) kicked off the commoners who had used the land for grazing
• C) divided it up among more serfs
• D) started to grow crops on it

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