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Domestic policy under Henry VII
- Context
- Henry wanted to
stabilise the
country
- If people weren't
happy they would
rebel and Henry was
vulnerable because
he was a usurper
- Social and economic
changes occurred
under Henry VII which
was partially due to
agriculture
- Henry wanted to
stabilise the
country
- Agriculture
- It was the main source on
income and 90% of the
population lived in villages
and lived off the land
- If there was a bad
harvest it was disastrous
and there was much
death and poverty
- The open field system
was the old method of
farming and it was
inefficient, slow and
made the soil imfertile
- Enclosures increased
efficiency and
production due to the
decrease in
population due to the
black death.
- People started enclosing land
and keeping animals which led
to unemployment and it was
disastrous to be unemployed
as you'd bee seen as a
'vagabond'.
- This unemployment led
to people moving to the
towns and citied and the
industry booms meaning
that agriculture pushes
change
- However only 3%
enclosed under
Henry VII
- Due to the fact that
enclosing led to the
breakdown of many
communities Henry was
caught between tackling the
social unrest and offending
the landowners, whose
support he needed
- It was the main source on
income and 90% of the
population lived in villages
and lived off the land
- The black death
- 70% died within 2 years
and people could therefore
ask for higher wages and
cheaper rent to replace the
people lost. Wages
increased up to 4 times
- Some villages were
completely wiped out and
commonality could move in
and inherit the land
- People learned to live
with the disease and it
reminded them that
'death was a constant
companion'.
- As a result the nobles needed
the commonality more than the
commonality needed the
nobles and so the landowners
were the ones that lost out
- It got rid of the
idea that you were
forever fixed in
the same role.
- 70% died within 2 years
and people could therefore
ask for higher wages and
cheaper rent to replace the
people lost. Wages
increased up to 4 times
- Industry
- It was mainly wool
and cloth and
everything was hand
made which was
ineffective
- 90-95% was internal
and the profits made
from trade were not a
major source of
income
- England was 'backwards'
compared to the rest of
europe as England depended
upon wool and cloth whereas
Europe concentrated on glass,
linen and silk.
- Cloth merchants
collected wool,
thread and cloth for
export
- It was mainly wool
and cloth and
everything was hand
made which was
ineffective
- Shipping under Henry VII
- Henry inherited 7 ships
and Britain was an island
nation so needed to
defend its waters
- The navigation acts said
that no foreign ships
could be used if there
was an English ship
available
- The Navigation acts meant
that there was a way of
controlling shipping and
ensured that there was english
crew on english ships
- Henry inherited 7 ships
and Britain was an island
nation so needed to
defend its waters
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