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THE ECONOMY IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Agricultural crisis
Agriculture was the main economic activity and was seriously affected
plagues
caused an increase in mortality
Agricultural techniques
were outdated
bad harvests.
Wars
agricultural production decreased.
Farmers migrated
to the cities to avoid paying taxes
Second half of the century
improved slightly
end of the century, teh same population that at the beginning
fewer wars
growth in colonial trade
textile industry grew
monarchs intervened in the economy
The economic crisis in Spain
Spanish monarchy became involved in more wars than the other European powers
agricultural crisis
demographic decline in Spain
The agricultural crisis and the decline in the population
expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609
more than 300 000 people left the Peninsula
very negative effect on agriculture
Many farmers left the countryside
Pícaros (rogues) became more predominants
The trade and craft industry crisis
the Spanish monarchy ran out of resources from the Americas.
The mines were almost empty
the Spanish monarchs' main source of income decreased
crisis in the craft industry.
Trade with the Americas decreased
