Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression (not finished)

Question 1

Give 2 examples of continuity under the reign of Henry VIII in terms of industry.

Answer 1

1) wool and cloth trades continued to dominate

2) Cornish Tin remained highly respected

Question 2

Give 2 types of change under the reign of Henry VIII in terms of industry

Answer 2

1) Growing importance in the lead mining of the Pennines and coal mining in the North East

2) Increase in Iron ore in Sussex and Kent

Question 3

Why was the increase in Iron Ore in Sussex and Kent able to happen under the reign of HVIII ?

Answer 3

This is because of a more commercialised Industrial economy - There were 26 Blast furnaces by the 1550s

Question 4

What happened to the number of woollen cloth exports under Henry VIII ?

Answer 4

nearly doubled

Question 5

Whereabouts in England was Woollen cloth mainly exported from ?

Answer 5

London

Question 6

Why was it a problem for the rest of England that Woolen cloth continued to be exported from London mainly ?

Answer 6

It impacted negatively on other ports such as Bristol, Hull and Boston

Question 7

Give on example of a port which experienced a boom in trade, which was outside of London.

Answer 7

Southampton (short-lived)

Question 8

What happened to the number of imports during the reign of Henry VIII ?

Answer 8

increased

Question 9

What type of good made up the majority of imports during the reign of Henry VIII and what did this suggest about wider society ?

Answer 9

Wine - suggested an increase in the wealth of the wealthier classes

Question 10

The Woollen Cloth industry grew in the first half of the sixteenth century but still operated on a domestic system - ___________, weaving and ____________ - before being passed on for specialist __________.

Answer 10

carding, spinning, dyeing

Question 11

What type of coarse woollen cloth was there an increase in trading of under HVIII ?