Population
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- Population
- Reasons for population increase.
- A large number of immigrants arrived in 1651.
- By the 1600 migrants made up 35% of the population of Norwich.
- Many more people had jobs, this lead to more children because they had secure lives to look after them.
- Death rates were much lower than they had been in the previous centuries as less people were dying from the plague
- fertility rates were extremely high during 1680.
- The children who had died were replaced within 10 years by the surviving adult population.
- Impact the increase Around of population had on towns.
- Around 7% of the English population lived in London. This increased to 9% by 1700
- At around 1650, London overtook Paris and Naples and became the largest city in western Europe.
- Historians believe that the growth of London also impacted the rural economy.
- huge amounts of goods like grain were needed to feed the citizens of London.
- Impact the increase of population had on Rural areas.
- Because the Population grew it was easier for farmers to make a profit.
- Inflation meant that landowners couldn't invest, so they had to sell their land, making wealthy aristocracy and gentry able to invest and improve their lands.
- As the population began to increase, smaller farms were joined together and enclosed making larger farms.
- Rural areas had to support the growing population.
- Transport was improved due to demands of supplies from town markets in places like London.
- Reasons for population increase.
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