poverty

• what was the deserving poor?

  people who could not work due to disability or widows who were left with many children
• what was the undeserving poor?

  people who could work but refused to due to laziness
• when was the vagabonds act?

  1572
• when was the poor relief act?

  1576
• the vagabonds act

  • caught once- whipped and hole drilled through each ear
  • caught twice- imprisoned
  • caught third time- death penalty
• poor relief act

  • gave poor people materials to make something and sell it
  • if refused they were sent to a house of correction
• how much did population grow?

  35%
• what happened as the population rose?

  wages did not and many were becoming unemployed
• where did people move and what did this mean?

  towns and it meant food prices there increased
• when was the worst harvest of the century?

  1556
• what did landowners cut?

  wages to keep prices down
• what rose in price?

  wool because the demand grew
• what was land used for crops changed to?

  sheep farming enclosures
• how did crops change?

  they were used to feed the sheep instead of people
• why did the government take action on poverty?

  it became noticable
• what did sheep farming enclosures cause?

  unemployment and rising food prices
• when were you classed as poor?

  if more than 80% of your income was spent on bread
• who suffered the most during bad harvests?

  poor
• why did poverty increase?

  wages did not rise as fast as prices
• when were 2 bad harvests during elizabeths reign?

  early 1570s and mid 1590s
• what did the rapid population growth mean for poverty?

  it was increased during to competition for land increasing rent for people which was only made worse by sheep farming
• what were religious changes that impacted poverty?

  • Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries
  • the monasteries helped people in need and this removed a valuable source of assistance for people in times of need