Causes of Poverty In Elizabethan England

Question 1

Population Growth

Answer 1

As more people required food in towns, the price of the food rose which meant that some people could not afford the food.
Wasn’t enough houses to house everyone and as a result rents also increased.

Question 2

Rising prices

Answer 2

Wages could not keep up with the increasing rate of food prices.

Question 3

Sheep farming

Answer 3

Good business to be in as the price of wool was increasing.
The increase in land required meant that:
The land could not be used for food crops
Some food must be used to feed the sheep and cannot be used to feed people.

Question 4

Enclosure

Answer 4

Enclosure meant that smaller tenant farmers were forced off the land when the open fields were enclosed into smaller pieces of land.