henry 7th economy

• what was the trade

  • no obvious trading link
  • henry was an opportunist he saw whatever as an opprtunity
  • Secondary purose
• what was the france economic policies

  • in 1486 - henry renogotiated a treaty with franxe rhat removed all restrictions on franco-english trade
  • issues in brittany jeopordised this meaning trade was secondary
  • it was not until 1497 that the treaty fully came into being and english merchants enjoyed unrestircted trade with fance
• what were italys economic policies

  • not a unified country
  • venice dominated the trade in luxary goods in the meditaranian
  • wanted to develop stronger ties with florence so henry encoraged merchants to trade in the religon as vanetians were dominant
  • in 1488 a few english merchant ships return to england with a carg of malsey
  • in retaliation fo this encroachment on want venetians demed to be their trade
  • in 1490 a treaty was signed the provided for the english would to be imported into the main port of florence
• what was spains economic polices

  • the treaty of medina dek campo 1489
  • trading had low rate taxes for both sides
  • spain never allowed the english to become involved in the new worldd as spain had different links with those in the new world
• what was the hanseatic league

  • dominanted trade it limtied erchant adventures
  • it led to people being in similar guild
  • the main trade was cloth trading
  • the company had members from york,norwhich exeter ect.
  • under henry 7th merchants who werent from london complained about restrict of trade as london copanies put a £20 fine on but henry reduced it too 10 cents
• what was the impact on english economy

  • change in farming as there was increase in pastoral farming compared to arable farming
  • increased in getting doof from animals especially in the 1480 and 90s
  • cloth was 90% of the export and jack lander estimates this increased by 60 %
• what were the other industries

  • germany were superior in mining and metallurgy
  • spanish portugease and dutch superior in ship building
  • breawing and weaving on a small scale
• what were the navigation acts

  • 1485 and 1489
  • encorage english shipping
  • english ships should carry certainproducts to and from english ports
• exploration

  • england was slower then spain and portugal
  • john cabot and bristol fish merchants pushed out of icelandic water