Chapter 5- Economic Development and Trade

Population of England @ 1400

2.2 million

% pop in urban areas

10%

London’s population was _____ compared to Norwich’s ____ and Bristols’ ____

• 50,000

• 10,000

• 8,000

Open field husbandry was popular in SE England and used ____ farming however was under pressure from ______ as the profitability of crops fell.

• strip

• enclosure

Cloth Trade was __% of the total value of English Exports

90%

Henry VII oversaw a __% increase in the volume of English exports over his reign

60%

Raw Wool Trade ___ during Henry’s reign, and was exported by the ____ __ __ ____ from the East Coast to _____

• declined

• Merchants of the Staple

• Calais

Finished Cloth Trade was exported from London by the ____ _____

Merchant Adventurers

When was Henry’s trade Embargo with Burgundy?

1493-93

The Finished Cloth Trade created domestic industries in _____, _____ and ______ as well as opportunities for rural areas.

• fulling

• dyeing

• weaving

______ were an important voice of industry interests and used by the King in negociations for the Intercursus Magnus and Malus

• Merchant Adventurers

What pretender was the King concerned the Hanseatic League could offer protection to?

Edmund de la pole

When did Henry renew a disadvantageous trade treaty with the Hanseatic League?

1504

The Hanseatic League cut of English access to which fishing ground?

Iceland

Mining industries had some growth, for example ____ in the Penines, ___ in Cornwall and ___ was exported from Durham to ____ and even _____

• lead

• tin

• coal

• London

• Germany

Navigation Acts were passed in ____ and ____ to ensure Only english vessels could transport certain goods to and from English ports

• 1485

• 1489

John Cabot sailed in ____ from Bristol to discover new fishing grounds in Newfoundland

1497

In ____, ____ _____ led an unsuccessful expedition to find the NW Passage

• 1508

• Sebastian Cabot

in ____ William Weston led a successful expedition to the New World

1500

Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in ____, meaning the English were much slower in exploration.

1492

Overall Economic prosperity was ____ than any other Tudor

better

In the ____s there was a slight decline in the export price of wool

1490s