What did happen to the poor during industrial revolution in britain

1. What Did Happen
To The Poor ?

2. What Happened To the Poor?
When fences came up, the enclosed land
became the exclusive property of one
landowner.
• The poor could no longer collect their
firewood from the forests
• Graze their cattle on the commons.
• They could no longer collect apples and
berries, or hunt small animals for meat.
• Nor could they gather the stalks that lay
on the fields after the crops were cut.
• Everything belonged to the landlords,
everything had a price which the poor
could not afford to pay.

3. A Map Of Enclosures During this
period

4. Where Did They Go ?
• Deprived of their rights and driven off the land,
they tramped in search of work. From the
Midlands, they moved to the southern counties
of England. But nowhere could the poor find
secure jobs.
• Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with
landowners. By 1800 this practice was
disappearing. Labourers were being paid wages
and employed only during harvest time.

5. Map OF Movement Of Poor for
their Livelihood
Midlands
Southern Counties

6. Effect on Poor
• The enclosure movement created
thousands of poor.
• These people believed leaving England
for a chance at a better life in America .
• In England Work became insecure,
Employment became uncertain, income
unstable.

7. Effect on Poor
• The enclosure movement created
thousands of poor.
• These people believed leaving England
for a chance at a better life in America .
• In England Work became insecure,
Employment became uncertain, income
unstable.