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THE 17TH CENTURY(I) - Coggle Diagram
THE 17TH CENTURY(I)
THE ECONOMY
European economy
was an agricultural crisis
main economic activity
affected by these factors
plagues
caused an increase in mortality, resulting
in a reduction in the agricultural workforce
Farmers migrated to the
cities to avoid paying taxes
wars
resulted in areas being plundered
and a reduction in the
workforce in the countrysid
agricultural production decreased
Agricultural techniques were
outdated, resulting in low productivity
were years of bad harvests
subsistence crisis
occured in the 17th
hunger spread, resulting in a decrease
in the population or demographic
decline throughout Europe
in the 2nd half of the century
situation improved slightly
population had increased to the
same level that it was at the beginning
following factors enabled
this recovery to occur
textile industry grew in some countries
growth in colonial trade
fewer wars
monarchs intervened in the economy,
implementing the mercantile system.
Economic crisis in Spain
Spanish monarchy became involved in
more wars than the other European powers
Other factors also contributed to the
worsening of the agricultural crisis
resulting in a greater demographic
decline in Spain than in the rest of Europe.
The agricultural crisis and
the decline in the population
expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609
more than 300 000 people left the Peninsula (majority farmers)
negative effect on agriculture
Many farmers left the countryside
due to the hard way of life
Pícaros (rogues) became more predominant
Others migrated to America in order to escape poverty
The trade and craft industry crisis
Spanish monarchy ran out of
resources from the Americas
crisis in the craft industry
Trade with the Americas also decreased
