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Early Modern Living Conditions Flashcards

1
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What happened to the POWER of religion in this period?

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  • All power of Church given to state.
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What was the government like?

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  • Gov more powerful than monarch
    government involved = social
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What was farming and food like for Early Modern people?

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  • Famine = Hunger (continuity)
  • Improvement in agriculture = more people fed.
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What were the towns like overall?

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1.) Overcrowded
2.) Mines, North- East England = more coal in homes
3.) sugar + tobacco increased: British Empire expansion. smoking increased

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What happened to the population in England by 1750?

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By 1750, the population doubled.

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What was technology like in this period?

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-> lots of new tech
1.) Robert Hooke: microscope (1660)
2.) Steam engine using coal
3.) 1470 : Printing press

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What 2 main factors contributed to pollution in this period?

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  • Burning coal (Industry/ Homes)
    • Smoking tobacco (cancer)
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What 3 main factors contributed to respiratory disease in this period?

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  • Burning coal (Industry/ Homes)
  • Damp houses (respiratory disease)
  • Smoking tobacco (cancer)
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How did The Priniting Press affect Public Health?

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  • People understood body better from books printed.
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What food did the rich eat?

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  • Meat/ fish
  • little fruit + veg
  • Wine + Ale
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What percent of the rich’s diet was protein?

What impact did this have ?

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  • 80%.
  • I: Gout/ severe joint pain.
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What food did the poor eat?

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  • Bread
  • Pottage
  • Vegetables
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What was the issue with the Early Modern poors’ diet?

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  • Lack of Vitamin C
  • Lack of Iron.
  • Long periods of starvation
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What 4 main features did houses have in this period?

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1.) Homes rebuilt after GFoL
2.) wealthy = stone
3.) damp accomodation
4.) overcrowded: poor shared a bed.

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What was the issue with how meat was sold?

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  • Sold in market, attracting pests.
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Give 4 ways waste was dealt with in this era.

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1.) John Harrington: flushing toilet (1596)
2.) Privies –> cesspits underneath –> emptied into rivers nearby, cesspits overflowed
3.) scavengers/ rakers collect household waste
4.) Animals left excrement on streets

17
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What is a privy?

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A privy is a toilet in a shed.

18
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How often would scavangers/ rakers collect househould waste?

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1 –> 2 times a week.

19
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Why didn’t the flushing toilet solve a lot of issues at first?

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  • ## Only for rich w/ water + drains
20
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Who supplied the water for flushing toilets in this era?

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  • Water companies would supply it from ponds and rivers.
21
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Give 3 different places cesspits could be in this era.

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  • Gardens
  • Yards
  • Alleyways
22
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How would poor people access DRINKING water?

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  • Conduits
  • Water sellers

continuity

23
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How would poor people wash themselves?

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  • Bathe in river
  • Use dry brush and “dry wash.”
24
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How would rich people access DRINKING water?

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  • Instalation of pipes 1600
  • Water sellers (continuity)
25
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Why couldn’t poor people install pipes into their homes?

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The poor couldn’t afford it.

26
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How would rich people wash themselves?

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  • Bathtubs used
  • Soap (made of oil.)
27
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What were their streets made up of (material)?

REMEMBER, IMPACT

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  • Unpaved
  • Rain = muddy
  • Rain + animal excrement
28
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What drink became popular towards the end of this period?

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  • Spirits like gin and ale.
29
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What caused The Gin Craze to occur?

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  • Government banned imports of Gin from Poland
  • People started to brew in homes
  • IT WAS REALLY CHEAP
30
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When was The Gin Craze?

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Between 1720 - 1751.

31
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What ad convinced people to drink cheap gin?

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“Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for two pence”

32
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What 3 main effects did The Gin Craze have?

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1.) increase in crime
2.) ruined families
3.) Increase in death- rate

33
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Why did people drink gin?

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  • It was a cheap way to escape Early Modern poor life.
34
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Give 2 incidents that showed poor women being addicted to gin.

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1.) pregnant women drank it
2.) Judith Defour killed 2 year old to sell her clothes to buy gin. (1734)

35
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What effect did pregnant women drinking gin have?

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  • Led to deformed babies.
36
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What new types of food came to England due to expansion of British Empire?

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  • Pumpkins
  • Chilies
  • coffee
37
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Was household waste dealt with effectively?

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Yes. Rakers dealt with it and sold the waste to market gardeners.

38
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When did loads of sugar and tobacco reach England?

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  • Reached England by 1750.

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