The Cloth Trade Was The Most Important Contributor To The English Economy During The Reign Of Henry Vii

Question 1

Cloth trade

Answer 1

• 60% increase in finished cloth
• main export; but trade embargoes with Netherlands’s
• custom duties increased

Question 2

Industry and other trade

Answer 2

• Growth of trade of finished cloth meant development of industry
• other products like tin and coal were small-scale

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

• largely agricultural society
• subsistence economy
• arable declined
• sheep increased
• increasing pressure of enclosure

Question 4

3 factors

Answer 4

Cloth trade
Industry and other trade
Agriculture