society: poverty

Question 1

what effect did the 1561 recoinage have on poverty

Answer 1

• initially made the difference between wages and prices become less however
• however didnt float the probelm of inlation enough with some prices increasing by 400%

Question 2

between 1550 and 1600 by how much did the population increase by

Answer 2

1 million people in 10 years!!!!

Question 3

how many people were in poverty

Answer 3

2 million

or 10-20% of population

Question 4

what was the 1563 statue of artificers state

Answer 4

gave vagrants the opportunity to train in a 2 year apprentaship to get them off the streets and into employment

Question 5

what problems were there with the 1563 statute of artificers

Answer 5

gave the JPs far too much power to physcially punishe vagrants while on these apprentaships and power to end them back to parishes

Question 6

when was the distinction made between the idle and able poor

Answer 6

• act of parliament 1572

Question 7

when was the poor relief act

Answer 7

1572

Question 8

what did the poor relief act etablish

Answer 8

• complusary donaitons to be made by the public allowing for mroe economic support for the poor in their areas

Question 9

when where houses of correction and alms houses set up?

Answer 9

1576

Question 10

what issues was there with the porr releif act

Answer 10

• governemtn werent tackling problem with thier own money but from the populations donations
  didnt raise enough sill 10-20% of the population at the time were in poverty

Question 11

what was the issues with houses of corrrection

Answer 11

terrible conditions, over half of the people there were whipped harshly and made to do grueling labour such as beating hemp

Question 12

what was the 1597 poor law

Answer 12

• created a cosolidated poor rate that ws compulsary to pay
• gave churches power to collect it and per year rasied around 12,000
• gave pauper apprentaships that tranined girls until 21 and boys until 24
• impatent poor sent to alms houses

Question 13

what is the significance of the 1601 poor law

Answer 13

• consodiated the 1597 act whilst

- stayed as the main legisaltion for dealing with poverty until the 19th centry

Question 14

how did population growth cause poverty

Answer 14

• population grew by 50%
• population outgrew the food sources and led to prices increasing by nearly 400%
• low mortality rate increased the ageing poulation and spread costs even thinner to support them
• increased fertility rate of 35/1000 meant more children for mothers to pay for with reduction of real wagees

Question 15

how did inflation cause poverty

Answer 15

• debasement of coinage made real wags increase leading to many people becoming unemployed and in poverty
• inflation of nearly 400% in some areas
• bad harvests mean poverty for farmers and increased food prices for everyone else

Question 16

how did the effect of foreign policy adn trade increase poverty

Answer 16

• the demobalisation of armed forces in second half of reign led to many young men who were in the army being in poverty and joining gangs
• movement of enclosure to big citites meant that there were more people in large cities becoming wage dependent
• famine in 1590s was the resukt of sLES OF WHEAT OVERSEASE INCREASING PRICES
• reigonal disparaties nrowhich had 25% of population in poverty due to flucations in trade