Poverty

Question 1

Types of poor people

Answer 1

Widows or abondedned women cause they got paid less
Sick and elderly
Orphans
People on low wages
Iteirants, vagrants and vagabonds

Question 2

Reasons why people poor

Answer 2

Population growth
Increasing demand for land(rents up)
Sheep farming(growth of wool industry up so less food)
Growth of towns
Bad harvests
Economic recession
Enclosure(land for people now used for farmers)

Question 3

Changing atititudes of poor

Answer 3

Fear that povery led to disorder and potentional of rebellion
Cost of dealing with poor
Population changes and enclosure meant more people could see the poor

Question 4

The deserving poor

Answer 4

Impotent poor- couldnt help themselves

Question 5

The idle poor

Answer 5

Those who can work but dont

Question 6

Poor legal stuff

Answer 6

Statue of artificers 1563

1576 poor relief act

1572 vagabonds act

Question 7

Statue of artificiers 1563

Answer 7

Those refusuing to pay poor rates would be improsened

Question 8

1976 poor relief act

Answer 8

JPs required to provide poor with wool and raw materials
Those who refused sent to the ‘house of correction’

Question 9

1572 vagabonds act

Answer 9

Whipped and drilled hole in ear(sign of a vagabond)
Imporsened if arested twice
Death if 3rd