Henry's Trade and Economy

Question 1

how many did the cloth trade employ?

Answer 1

35,000 (3% of working population)

Question 2

how much did cloth make up of English exports?

Answer 2

80%

Question 3

when was the great slump?

Answer 3

1440 - 1480

Question 4

what was the economy like?

Answer 4

subsidence economy meant they only are what they needed

any surplus sold to neighbour towns

Question 5

why was enclosures a big issue?

Answer 5

common land previously used fort animals was fenced off (could cause homelessness)

Question 6

when and what was the Isle of Wight act?

Answer 6

• 1489

- stop enclosures on island to prevent drop in population and maintain security of the coast

Question 7

when and what was the general act?

Answer 7

• 1489
• to prevent enclosures everywhere
• never enforced as local landlords benefitted too much from enclosures

Question 8

how was the wool and cloth industry negatively effected?

Answer 8

war, bad harvest, plagues

Question 9

what was the 1486 commercial treaty do?

Answer 9

improve trade with France

Question 10

what was trade with Brittany improved with?

Answer 10

1492 Etaples

Question 11

which treaty imposed trade with Spain?

Answer 11

1489 Mendina del Campo

Question 12

what did the 1485 navigation act do?

Answer 12

all wine from Gascogne must be brought in England ships and crew

Question 13

what did 1489 navigation act do?

Answer 13

English merchants shouldn’t import in foreign ships if English ones are available

Question 14

how many ships were there in Edward and Henry’s reigns?

Answer 14

16 in Edward’s

7 in Henry’s (prioritised maintaining them)

Question 15

what was Henry’s relationship with the Hanseatic League?

Answer 15

• retaliated to navigation acts as they lost trade
• tried to stop league with Denmark trade treaty in 1489
• Henry forced to restore all trade to league in 1504 due to Suffolk Yorkist threat