Common Land Clause

MINOR INFORMATION
The Common Land Clause or more commonly known as the CLC, was a bill that was passed in 1666 A.T.F by the Brettish Parliament that granted the right to Commoners to own land in Brettland. Commoners, Freemen, and Foreigners had been restricted from owning land privately since the foundation of The Brettish Empire. The bill had strong support amongst the Colonial Labour Union and The Liberalist Parties, while the bills strongest opponents were Her Majesty's Grand Old Party and The House of Corporations. The passage of this bill was catastrophic for the Nobility, who for the last five decades the had struggled to compete against a rising Middle Class of Entrepreneurs who were spearheading the Industrialisation of Brettland. By 1684 A.T.F the land ownership rate had shifted from 10% of Commoners and 90% of Nobles owning the land, to 40% of the Commoners and 60% of the Nobility owning land. The passage of this bill marked the official end of Feudalism within The Empire of Brettland, and is commonly considered to be responsible for shift to a Free Market system within Brettland.