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• The number of days worked per agricultural family rose by over 150


  1450-1700
• By 1650, peasants had accepted that accepting enclosure was the way to break out of the system of subsistence farming
• Enclosure was proceeding briskly


  1660
• There was a 2 million increase in acres of land for arable farming


  1420-1700
• As a result of water meadows, the number of horses used on farms increased by 300,000


  1600-1700
• 240,000 people were involved in skilled crafts


  End of the Stuart period
• The Settlement Act, which enforced conformity of religious practices with the Church of England, was enacted


  1662
• It was estimated that there were 1 million laborers


  1688
• The large farms flourished as a result of capital investment


  After 1650
• 54% of agricultural land was part of large estates greater than 100 acres


  1700
• Some farms in 1700 were over 500 acres in size
• Shipments of grain brought to London via the Thames increased by more than 8 million kilograms


  1605-1661
• The first coaches from London to Bristol and Bath appeared


  1657
• The first-ever road atlas was published, mapping out more than 7,500 miles of road


  1675
• Prices for basic agricultural commodities were 6 times higher than they were in 1500 due to the demand for food in London


  1650
• The putting-out system flourished


  1600-1650
• The value of cloth exports rose significantly


  1560s-1660s
• The value of textile exports multiplied by 15 times


  1400s-1700
• Cloth accounted for 92% of exports out of London


  1640s
• Cloth accounted for 72% of exports out of London


  1700
• Over 1,200 Protestant Dutch immigrants arrived in Colchester


  1565-88
• The foundation of the Dutch Republic occurred


  1581
• There were 13,000 Dutch immigrants in England working in the cloth industry


  1585
• In Colchester, the number of people employed in the textile industry rose by 15%


  1620-1700
• France started a process of forced conversion to Catholicism, resulting in many skilled Protestants moving to England


  1685
• London had a population of 400,000


  1650s
• London's population increased by almost 200,000


  Second half of the 17th century
• The East India Company was established

  1600
• London was the hub of a European market


  1688
• The Royal Exchange opened


  1571
• The legal limit for interest rates dropped by 4%


  1570-1710
• The Royal Mint was seized by Charles I


  1640
• Goldsmith bankers were borrowing at 6% and lending to the crown at 10%


  Early 1670s
• It became normal for ships from Holland to have marine insurance


  1657
• Prices of marine insurance to all destinations dropped by 75%

  17th century
• 22 million pounds of tobacco were being exported from North American colonies


  1700
• The First Navigation Act was enacted, mandating that goods imported into England or its colonies must be carried on British-owned ships or ships from the exporting country


  1651
• The First Anglo-Dutch War occurred


  1652-54
• The Second Navigation Act was enacted

  1660
• The Second Anglo-Dutch War occurred


  1665-67