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THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN 17th CENTURY - Coggle Diagram
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN 17th CENTURY
DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE IN SPAIN
Greater in Spain than in the rest of Europe
Factors that contributed to this
worsening of the agricultural crisis
Spain involved in more wars than the other European powers
THE AGRICULTURAL CRISIS AND THE DECLINE IN POPULATION
Expulsion of the Moriscos
in 1609
300 000 people left the Peninsula
the majority were farmers
very negative effect on agriculture
especially
Aragon
Valencia
farmers left the countryside
hard way of life
migrated to the cities
they survived by begging
Pícaros (rogues)
became more predominant
low social class
survive by
deceiving
cheating
Others migrated to America
to escape poverty
THE TRADE AND CRAFT INDUSTRY
Spanish monarchy ran out of resources from the Americas
Other kingdoms
creating and expanding their colonial empires
mines were almost empty
Spanish monarchs' main source of income decreased
sea route to the Americas
under threat from
Pirates
smugglers
Person who takes things in or out of a country illegaly
crisis in the craft industry
Spanish manufactured products
were not competitively priced
in comparison to other countries
Trade with the Americas
decreased
craft industries established locally
to meet the demand
rest of the colonial empires
established trading posts in the Americas
