Early Modern Living Conditions

Question 1

What happened to the POWER of religion in this period?

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Answer 1

• All power of Church given to state.

Question 2

What was the government like?

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Answer 2

• Gov more powerful than monarch
  government involved = social

Question 3

What was farming and food like for Early Modern people?

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Answer 3

• Famine = Hunger (continuity)
• Improvement in agriculture = more people fed.

Question 4

What were the towns like overall?

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Answer 4

1.) Overcrowded
2.) Mines, North- East England = more coal in homes
3.) sugar + tobacco increased: British Empire expansion. smoking increased

Question 5

EXAMPLE

What happened to the population in England by 1750?

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Answer 5

By 1750, the population doubled.

Question 6

What was technology like in this period?

Answer 6

-> lots of new tech
1.) Robert Hooke: microscope (1660)
2.) Steam engine using coal
3.) 1470 : Printing press

Question 7

What 2 main factors contributed to pollution in this period?

Answer 7

• Burning coal (Industry/ Homes)
• • Smoking tobacco (cancer)

Question 8

What 3 main factors contributed to respiratory disease in this period?

Answer 8

• Burning coal (Industry/ Homes)
• Damp houses (respiratory disease)
• Smoking tobacco (cancer)

Question 9

How did The Priniting Press affect Public Health?

Answer 9

• People understood body better from books printed.

Question 10

What food did the rich eat?

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Answer 10

• Meat/ fish
• little fruit + veg
• Wine + Ale

Question 11

What percent of the rich’s diet was protein?

What impact did this have ?

Answer 11

• 80%.
• I: Gout/ severe joint pain.

Question 12

What food did the poor eat?

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Answer 12

• Bread
• Pottage
• Vegetables

Question 13

What was the issue with the Early Modern poors’ diet?

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Answer 13

• Lack of Vitamin C
• Lack of Iron.
• Long periods of starvation

Question 14

What 4 main features did houses have in this period?

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Answer 14

1.) Homes rebuilt after GFoL
2.) wealthy = stone
3.) damp accomodation
4.) overcrowded: poor shared a bed.

Question 15

What was the issue with how meat was sold?

REMEMBER, IMPACT

Answer 15

• Sold in market, attracting pests.

Question 16

Give 4 ways waste was dealt with in this era.

Answer 16

1.) John Harrington: flushing toilet (1596)
2.) Privies –> cesspits underneath –> emptied into rivers nearby, cesspits overflowed
3.) scavengers/ rakers collect household waste
4.) Animals left excrement on streets

Question 17

What is a privy?

Answer 17

A privy is a toilet in a shed.

Question 18

How often would scavangers/ rakers collect househould waste?

Answer 18

1 –> 2 times a week.

Question 19

Why didn’t the flushing toilet solve a lot of issues at first?

Answer 19

• ## Only for rich w/ water + drains

Question 20

Who supplied the water for flushing toilets in this era?

Answer 20

• Water companies would supply it from ponds and rivers.

Question 21

Give 3 different places cesspits could be in this era.

Answer 21

• Gardens
• Yards
• Alleyways

Question 22

How would poor people access DRINKING water?

Answer 22

• Conduits
• Water sellers

continuity

Question 23

How would poor people wash themselves?

Answer 23

• Bathe in river
• Use dry brush and “dry wash.”

Question 24

How would rich people access DRINKING water?

Answer 24

• Instalation of pipes 1600
• Water sellers (continuity)

Question 25

Why couldn’t poor people install pipes into their homes?

Answer 25

The poor couldn’t afford it.

Question 26

How would rich people wash themselves?

Answer 26

• Bathtubs used
• Soap (made of oil.)

Question 27

What were their streets made up of (material)?

REMEMBER, IMPACT

Answer 27

• Unpaved
• Rain = muddy
• Rain + animal excrement

Question 28

What drink became popular towards the end of this period?

Answer 28

• Spirits like gin and ale.

Question 29

What caused The Gin Craze to occur?

Answer 29

• Government banned imports of Gin from Poland
• People started to brew in homes
• IT WAS REALLY CHEAP

Question 30

When was The Gin Craze?

Answer 30

Between 1720 - 1751.

Question 31

What ad convinced people to drink cheap gin?

Answer 31

“Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for two pence”

Question 32

What 3 main effects did The Gin Craze have?

Answer 32

1.) increase in crime
2.) ruined families
3.) Increase in death- rate

Question 33

Why did people drink gin?

Answer 33

• It was a cheap way to escape Early Modern poor life.

Question 34

Give 2 incidents that showed poor women being addicted to gin.

Answer 34

1.) pregnant women drank it
2.) Judith Defour killed 2 year old to sell her clothes to buy gin. (1734)

Question 35

What effect did pregnant women drinking gin have?

Answer 35

• Led to deformed babies.

Question 36

What new types of food came to England due to expansion of British Empire?

Answer 36

• Pumpkins
• Chilies
• coffee

Question 37

Was household waste dealt with effectively?

Answer 37

Yes. Rakers dealt with it and sold the waste to market gardeners.

Question 38

When did loads of sugar and tobacco reach England?

Answer 38

• Reached England by 1750.