Enclosure Act - Small farmers had to move to cities.
The Enclosure Acts were a series of Acts, between the 17th and 18th centuries, that authorized the enclosure of open fields and common land in England and Wales, creating legal property rights to land that was held in common before. As a result, thousands of smalls farmers had to leave the land they used to work on, and move to the cities to find another form of income. Such people mobilization ended up contributing to the industrial revolution.
Combination Acts - Workers had to endure poor working conditions.
The Combination Acts (1799-1800) made organized labor illegal, which meant that workers weren't allowed to rally to obtain any working-conditions improvements, nor demand in any way. It also sentenced to three months in jail or to two months’ hard labor any workingman who broke the rule.
Additionally, it stated that anyone who would help the convicted economically, was subject to a fine, and defendants could be forced to bear witness against each other.
As a result, workers had to endure poor working conditions, otherwise, they would be sentenced.
Poor Law - The unemployed moved into workhouses.
Poor Law refers to a variety of laws enacted to provide relief for the poor, through 16th to the 20th century.
In overall, the laws provided relief for the aged, sick, and infant poor, as well as jobs opportunities in workhouses for healthy people that were unemployed. It was administered through parish overseers.
