Why were people poor in Tudor times?

Answer 1

... Why were people poor in the 1500's? In the 1500s the majority of the population was poor; they struggled to feed their family. One of the most serious problems that the government faced was how to deal with the poor. In the 1500s the population had grown very rapidly and so this had increased the demand for food. This meant that food prices became higher, but because there was plenty of people available to work their wages remained very low. The problem was made worse because many land owners had changed their usage of land from crops to sheep. In the 1500s there was about 8 million sheep to only 2.7 million people. This meant that less land was being used for crops at a time when the population was increasing.

Answer 2

People were poor in Tudor times because of over population. people begged and traveled the countryside looking for jobs, these people were called 'cranks'. also known as the undeserving poor.

People were often poor in the countryside, because the crops failed, or they had no money for taxes, all sorts of reasons

Answer 3

Population Increase, Fewer Jobs (unimployment), closure of the monastries and the food prices rose. Hope I helped x Emma Galley

Answer 4

they survived by growing crops on empty lands and selling cattle. some poor people were beggars or cons men. some poor people stole.

Answer 5

it was a tuff and bad time for the poor people in the 1500 1600 London was divide the west rich people live the east poor people lived b

Answer 6

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