Political Nation

Question 1

The Political Nation

Answer 1

Refers to those people in early modern Britain who had economic, political and social influence.

Question 2

Monarchs prerogative gave them powers over…

Answer 2

Foreign diplomacy, declaration of war, legislation and religion.

Question 3

Subsidy

Answer 3

A form of economic support for a particular undertaking. The Crown subsidy came in the form of parliamentary taxation, with a tax on land and property.

Question 4

Types of income

Answer 4

Crown lands, customs duties, feudal dues, parliamentary subsidy

Question 5

Unwritten Constitution

Answer 5

The country had an unwritten constitution that was a mixture of parliamentary laws, common law, documents like Magna Carta, tradition and custom.

Question 6

Groups that formed the Political Nation

Answer 6

The aristocracy, lesser gentry, lawyers and merchants known as pseudo-gentry.

Question 7

Great Chain of Being

Answer 7

The idea of an ordered society set in place by God and that everyone has a place on the chain from King to peasant.

Question 8

Population growth consequences

Answer 8

Price inflation, food shortage, land shortage, unemployment and reliance on poor relief.

Question 9

Paternalist

Answer 9

The idea that it is a fatherly duty to those above others in society to look after the interests of those beneath them.