17.1-17.3

Which of the following correctly characterizes the transformation of the English and Scottish countryside in the enclosure era?

The elimination of common rights and access to land turned small peasant farmers into landless wage earners.

How did the problem of food shortages change in the eighteenth century?

increased road and canal building permitted food to be more easily transported to regions with local crop failure and famine

What was a competitive advantage of the rural putting-out system?

the rural poor worked for low wages