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The Enclosure Act
Factory and land owners are petitioning Parliament to allow for further privatization of public lands, to expedite the migration of workforce from rural locations to urban areas. Although likely to cause significant social displacement, it would also ensure the ample availability of the workforce and boost the overall agricultural output.
EnglandCountrydynamic historical event.tag
IndustrializationInstitutiontrigger
CityLocation Ranktrigger
MegalopolisLocation Ranktrigger
Rural SettlementLocation Rankoption 1
TownLocation Ranktrigger
Enclosure AllowedPolicytrigger
PeasantsPop Typeoption 1Definitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_ENG.txt:22261
22262hide_portraits = yes
22263type = country_event
22265fire_only_once = yes
22267title = flavor_eng.220.title The Enclosure Act
22268desc = flavor_eng.220.desc Factory and land owners are petitioning Parliament to allow for further privatization of public lands, to expedite the migration of workforce from rural locations to urban areas. Although likely to cause significant social displacement, it would also ensure the ample availability of the workforce and boost the overall agricultural output.
22269outcome = neutral
22271dynamic_historical_event = {
}
22278trigger = {
22280is_active_parliament = yes
22284region:great_britain_region = {
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22286OR = {
}
22291count >= 3
22293owner = root
}
}
}
22299illustration_tags = {
2230010 = regular
2230110 = interior
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22304immediate = {
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22306location:london = {
22306save_scope_as = target_location
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22308create_rebel = {
22309category = estate
22311name = enclosure_riots Enclosure Riots
22312save_scope_as = enclosure_riots Enclosure Riots
}
}
22370historical_info = flavor_eng.220.historical_info The Enclosure Acts were a series of laws enacted in England that allowed for further enclosure, or privatization, of common lands and open fields. They were part of broader economic and agricultural transformations deemed necessary to support the rise of commercial agriculture and the growth of industrialization. The Acts contributed to social inequality and led to the displacement of thousands of rural laborers who were forced to seek employment in the cities. It culminated in riots by dispossessed farmers and laborers who resisted the loss of their traditional rights.