Reasons for the increase in poverty (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Elizabeth I's reign period
Elizabeth I's reign period
1558-1603
Poverty marker: % of income on bread
Poverty marker: % of income on bread
Over 80%
% of poor who were orphans
% of poor who were orphans
40%
English population in 1551
English population in 1551
3 million
English population by 1601
English population by 1601
4.2 million
Major bad harvest years (Elizabethan)
Major bad harvest years (Elizabethan)
1562, 1565, 1573, 1586, 1590s
When shift to sheep farming began
When shift to sheep farming began
After 1500
Enclosure meaning
Enclosure meaning
Dividing common land into private fields
When enclosure began
When enclosure began
1500 onwards
When monasteries dissolved
When monasteries dissolved
1530s
Who dissolved monasteries
Who dissolved monasteries
Henry VIII
Countries in 1590s trade problems
Countries in 1590s trade problems
Spain & Netherlands
Entry fines definition
Entry fines definition
Lump sum paid upfront to rent land/property
Why sheep farming cut jobs
Why sheep farming cut jobs
Required far fewer workers than crop farming