LABRST 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Debt Relief, Neocolonialism, International Monetary Fund
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They were to live on the lords land and pay him homage. Theoretically, this tax was being paid for military protection. End of feudalism was led by capitalism. Was different types of colonial powers were there before capitalism. Mcnally notes that distinguished britain is that britain had established wage labour. This happened through kicking people off this land. Not forced to do wage labour but there are no options if don"t have means ot survive. Britain created a massive workforce through enclosure. A massive process from the 16th and 17th century where peasants were kicked off their land. This happened in a variety of ways: they were pushed off the land they have leased or worked on and, were also pushed off their common lands. Common lands were areas where peasants were allowed to use for their own sustenance. Common lands are lands that everyone in the area had access to, they were critical for the survival of the poor.