State Control and Popular Resistance 1509-88 - Poverty COPY

Question 1

List 3 main causes of poverty:

Answer 1

1) Population Growth
2) Land (enclosure etc)
3) Inflation and unemployment

Question 2

Proof of population growth?

Answer 2

Population was 2.26 million in 1525 and by 1550 was 3.01mil

Question 3

Why did population growth lead to poverty?

Answer 3

Higher population -> More demand for food -> Prices rose
Wage decline -> More people needed jobs so people would work for less
Prices of living increased (more demand for houses and everything else)
OVERALL: Conditions led unemployment levels to rise ad more people fell into poverty

Question 4

Why did land lead to poverty?

Answer 4

Enclosure (removal of common land)
and rack renting (rapid increase in rent to force out tenants)
led to poverty as the poor got poorer as they couldn’t afford rent.

Question 5

What were causes of inflation and how did it cause poverty?

Answer 5

• Rising urban work forces and more jobs so less pay (wages rose prices didnt)
  HIGHER FOOD PRICE BUT WAGES DIDNT CHANGE SO LESS FOOD AVAILABLE