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How did closing monasteries impact the poor? |
Monasteries provided food and shelter to the poor so removing them took away their greatly needed assistance |
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Why was population growth a problem? |
Food imports and farming couldn't keep up so there were shortages so prices rise sending people into poverty and starvation |
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Why did rents for land increase |
Competition for land and changes in farming practices |
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How did farming methods change? |
Farmers went from making just enough food to feed their families to using industrial techniques that left many workers unemployed and homeless. |
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Why did grain production fall? |
People wanted more and more to farm wool as it was more profitable |
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When and why did poverty increase most dramatically? |
In the late 1580s and 1590s due to several failed harvests leading to shortages and higher prices |