Many enclosure acts were passed from about 1600 to 1900, thereby shutting off peasants from common lands on which they could formerly graze their sheep and raise crops. The Enclosure Acts were passed so that landowners could make higher profits from their land and increase agricultural productivity.
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B. <span>a shield of missiles over the U.S. designed to shoot down incoming nuclear missiles from the USSR</span>
I would say that Christopher Columbus was influenced by the travels of Marco Polo.
He was greatly inspired by his travels and wanted to become as famous as Polo was as an explorer, and eventually, he did follow in his footsteps. Polo's travels changed the European perception of the Asian world, and as you know, Columbus also wanted to go to Asia, but he ended up in America.