CHAPTER 11 Economic development Flashcards
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what can be said about the type and vlume of trade in henrys reign
the volume of englush trade encreased in the frist half of the 16th century and ther was a contiued rise in cloth exports but wool as a raw material declined, wollen clth exports almost doubled and theis was accompinied by an increased export of hides and tins
what can be said about improts during henrys reign
there was an increase in iports of wine whihc suggrests that thrt purchsing ower of the wealthier classes improvved
what happened with trade routes during henrys reign
leading route was from lodon to antwerp and it was then cent to customers in europe and the baltic , an increased rpoprotion of cloth went through london however which had a negative imapct on ports like bristol and east coast ports lik ghull and boston ,
in terms of a trade waht was a main issue on where proifts went
one issue was that most of the profits didnt actually go toenglish ahands as although 70% of cloth was transported by english merchsntsmost of it was i forgein hands after this point
what type of process did the wooleen indutry revolve around
it was a domestic process in which whildren carded the wool women spun it and men wove it yh wwoll was then passed along down domestic spheres
what other small scale indutrys existed to do with cloth and where
fulling and drying was a proement areas of indutry in much of the coutnry such as the west riding of yorkshire and east anglia aswell as glosuciteshire however this work asnt always secure and culd led to poverty
how else were profits able to made and give an example
by entrpopenuarial clothiers who were able to aquire weatlh aswell as enhance their atatus eg willliam stumpe of maemsubyuryt who became an mp for malmesbury
what was theother areas of trade growth in henrys reign
there was alsl some growtin t5he mining industrys and cornish tin remained a prize export aswell led mining in the enines ad coal mining i the norht esast was also prevelant
blast furnaces peorducing iron ore in weald of susssex
explain eploration in the reign of henry viii
hery himself was comletly uninterested in exploartion and he made no attempt to build on the achuvemenets of cabot and the brisotl merchants at the end of his fathers reign , robert thorne contied his chibements in newfoundland fishery but sebastion cabot remained in spain for henrys reign,
explain how englands econoy was viewed by joh guy
jhn guy bleieves egland was economicaly healthier thana t any other point and tyat ther are ppounts to supoort his view
evidence of positives on englands economy at this time
popiulation began to grow from 1525 due to decreased infant mortality
from the 1520s agricultural prices rose signifacntly therefoee there was an increase in farming incomes
debasege of counage crate dan artificial boom in 1544 but it returned to norma, gain after 1546
evidence orf negative aspects f the eonmy durng henrys reign
bad harvests in 1520 resutled in tempaory but ignificant food price increases and they almost doubled accross henrys reign
real wages after a period of stability began to delcone for many
real wages were aslo collapsing
assessmtnet for subisides indicated considerble urban poverty eg over half the popualtion of coventary had no personal wealth , the same for the population of yarmouth
there is evidence of growing unempllyoment aongst rurual labourers some of whom worked in rurual indstries
what was a negative impact of engrossing
the fact that it made failed farmers homeless
