Elizabeth Socio-Economy

Question 1

What situation did she inherit?

Answer 1

Bad harvests
High mortality rate
Inflation
High taxation
Decline in real wages

Question 2

Were there any postives??

Answer 2

High mortality rate did increase bargining power of the survivors.

Question 3

When was Liz first parliment?

Answer 3

25th January

Question 4

What did parliment do??

Answer 4

Brought up various methods of solving the problems but nothing passed into law.

Question 5

What did the results of the first parliment mean??

Answer 5

England had two ineffective ways of dealing with the situation -
JPs and the royal proclaimation.

Question 6

What measures were implemented locally??

Answer 6

Most thought wages were too high.
Council of the north forced York and Hull.
Into a schedule of rates which had applied in 1514.
113 workers were charged with unlawfully high wages and some counties tried to establish wage rates for various trades.

Question 7

What was the Statute Of Articles 1563?

Answer 7

Compulsary labour especially during harvest.
Min hire period of 1 year for workmen and need a 7 year apprentiship to follow a craft.
Wage rates established by JPs