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- - - - They had political or military obligations but mainly dedicated their time to hunting and social events
      - They lived in palaces and obtained rents or income from their lands, which were worked by the peasants
    - - bankers and high public officials
      - They continued to prosper, especially in certain countries
      - The English and Dutch bourgeoisie eventually gained access to political positions
    - - small-scale traders and labourers
      - They were disadvantaged by having to pay taxes and badly affected by the crises.
    - - whose situation was very precarious
      - Therefore, they became very vulnerable during agricultural crises and many of them had to resort to begging
    - - They lived in the cities and had to beg or depend on charity to survive.
- - - - Plagues and other epidemics caused an increase in mortality
        
        resulting in a reduction in the agricultural workforce
      - Farmers migrated to the cities to avoid paying taxes
        
        In periods of crisis, many of them fled because they were unable to pay them
      - Agricultural techniques were outdated
        
        resulting in low productivity
      - Wars
        
        which resulted in areas being plundered and a reduction in the workforce in the countryside
        
        Consequently, agricultural production decreased
      - There were years of bad harvests
  - - - The expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 meant that more than 300 000 people left the Peninsula, the majority of whom were farmers.
      - This had a very negative effect on agriculture, especially in Aragón and Valencia, where they were a fifth of the population.
      - Many farmers left the countryside due to the hard way of life.
      - They migrated to the cities where they survived by begging.
      - Pícaros (rogues) became more predominant
      - These are people from a low social class who manage to survive by deceiving and cheating others.
      - Others migrated to America in order to escape poverty.
    - - While other kingdoms were creating and expanding their colonial empires, the Spanish monarchy ran out of resources from the Americas.
      - The mines were almost empty, and consequently the Spanish monarchs' main source of income decreased. In addition, their sea route to the Americas was constantly under threat from pirates and smugglers.
      - There was a crisis in the craft industry
      - Spanish manufactured products were not competitively priced in comparison to other countries.
      - Trade with the Americas also decreased, as craft industries were established locally to meet the demand.
      - The rest of the colonial empires established trading posts in the Americas in order to sell their products there.