5- poverty and pauperism

Question 1

when was the Elizabethan poor law

Answer 1

1601

Question 2

in the Elizabethan poor law who did the state take responsibility for

Answer 2

those who couldnt support themselvesd

Question 3

in the elizabethan poor law how many parishes in england and wales were made responsibke for the poor

Answer 3

all 15,000

Question 4

in the elizabethan poor law who were put in poorhouses

Answer 4

deserving poor

Question 5

by what date were there 2000 poorhouses

Answer 5

1776 (Eliza poor law)

Question 6

how many poorhouses were there by 1776

Answer 6

2000

Question 7

how many peopkle were in a poorhouse in the elizabethan poor law

Answer 7

20-50 inmates

Question 8

when were the laws of settlement

Answer 8

1662

Question 9

what did the laws of settlement do

Answer 9

stop the poor moving around

Question 10

what decided your area of ‘settlement’

Answer 10

where you were born or where you had lived for 3 years

Question 11

who were the exeptions to the laws of settlement

Answer 11

workers with a ‘certificate of good character’

Question 12

what was the knatchbulls act also known as

Answer 12

workhouse act

Question 13

summerise the knatchbulls act

Answer 13

• encouraged building of workhouses
• it aimed to reduce the amt of abled bodies not at work
• it claimed to be a deterrent from claiming relief

Question 14

when was the knatchbulls act

Answer 14

1722

Question 15

when was guilberts act

Answer 15

1782

Question 16

what did guilberts act do

Answer 16

• allowed parishes to group together to build a workhouse

Question 17

what was guilberts acts aim

Answer 17

to make workhouses a refuge rather than a punishment

Question 18

when was the speenhamland system

Answer 18

1795

Question 19

who created the speenhamland system

Answer 19

magistrates in berkshire in response to the french revolution

Question 20

what did the speenhamland system do

Answer 20

created an allowance, wages were topped up to the value of three loaves of bread (4.5 if the worker had family)

Question 21

when was the speenhamland system abolished

Answer 21

by parliament in 1834

Question 22

what did thomas malthus say about the speenhamland system

Answer 22

“it increased population without increasing food for its support”

Question 23

in 1794 what was the average wage

Answer 23

6s 6d a week in the winter and 8s in the summer

Question 24

who

Answer 24

overseers of the poor

Question 25

what two acts created poor relief under justices of the peace

Answer 25

act for regulation of parish vestries 1818
act to amend the laws for relief 1819

Question 26

in 1801 what was the population of england and wales and how did that compare to 1601

Answer 26

9 million, this was over 2X 1601

Question 27

why did the cost of poor relief cost more

Answer 27

poor harvests in the early 19th century and the french wars, 1793-1815

Question 28

where were the spring riots most prevelent and why

Answer 28

in counties where the speenhamland system was in place, because farmers were able to pay their workers less

Question 29

what was the population in 1831

Answer 29

13.9 million `

Question 30

what percent of the countries GNP did poor relief expenditure get to

Answer 30

2%

Question 31

how much did poor relief cost between 1815 and 1833

Answer 31

£5.7 million

Question 32

between what years did poor relief cost £5.7million

Answer 32

1815-1833

Question 33

who picked up the burden of the poor law and what did this mean

Answer 33

ratepayers, ratepayers were influental figures who could vote