Chapter 5- Economic Development and Trade

Population of England @ 1400

2.2 million

In ____, Henry attempted to remove the Hanseatic League’s rights to the export of bullion, but backtracked in ___

• 1489

• 1504

In ____, Henry signed a treaty for the export of English wool into ___

• 1490

• Pisa

% pop in urban areas

10%

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

• 50,000

• 10,000

• 8,000

Henry expanded London’s prestige by building ______ palace, and expanding _____ palace

• whitehall

• greenwich

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?

1493-96

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

Henry restored full privileges to the Hanseatic League in ___, blocking English fishers from the fishing territories of _____

• 1504

• 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 ____, which explorer (_____ _____) led a successful expedition to the New World

• 1500

• William Weston

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