Brain dump Jot down what you can remember What did the Elizabethans think about the poor?

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Why were Elizabethans worried about the poor? Why did Elizabethans want to punish the poor?

The rich feared that poverty would lead The Elizabethans thought that it was to disorder and rebellion your own fault if you were poor

Some laws said that beggars should be Puritans thought that beggars were lazy and whipped or hung should be punished. Task 3: Did Elizabeth help or punish the poor? Read the information and colour code or make a summary of examples of how Elizabeth dealt with the issue of the poor

Poverty was mainly dealt with by towns but Elizabeth also passed new laws as there was fear of social unrest. But also there was a realisation that poverty needed to be tackled.

1563 Statute of Artifices This said that all areas had to collect The Vagabonds Act 1572 and if people refused to This set up a national poor rate 1576 pay their poor rates they could be for the first time. This also said that imprisoned. If officials failed to This said that the Justices of the the local Justices of the Peace of Peace of each town had to organise poor relief, they could be each town were to keep a fined up to £20. provide the able bodied poor register of the poor in their parish with wool and raw materials so and raise a poor rate to pay for that they could work by food and shelter for the sick and The Vagabonds Act 1572 making things to sell. elderly. This was a turning point as This said that anyone found If beggars refused to work it established a national system of guilty of being a vagabond over when they were offered help, helping the poor for the first time. the age of 14, was to be they were to be sent to a It also showed that the authorities whipped and burned through special prison funded by poor recognised unemployment as a the right ear. If found guilty rates called a house of real problem. again they could be sent to correction prison or even executed. How did Elizabeth treat the poor? Task 4: Use your information to write a least one paragraph explaining how and why Elizabeth treated the poor

One method Elizabeth used to deal with the growing numbers of poor people is to 1572 Vagabonds Act punish them. 1576 Poor Relief Act Whip For example …. Drilled ear Also ..

Elizabeth used these methods as the public Lazy thought … Undeserving Therefore ….. Thieves Rebellion

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Poverty was mainly dealt with by towns but Elizabeth also passed new laws as there was fear of social unrest. But also there was a realisation that poverty needed to be tackled.

1563 Statute of Artifices The Vagabonds Act 1572 This said that all areas had to collect This set up a national poor rate poor relief and if people refused to for the first time. This also said that 1576 Poor Relief Act pay their poor rates they could be the local Justices of the Peace of imprisoned. If officials failed to This said that the Justices of the each town were to keep a Peace of each town had to organise poor relief, they could be register of the poor in their parish fined up to £20. provide the able bodied poor and raise a poor rate to pay for with wool and raw materials so food and shelter for the sick and that they could work by The Vagabonds Act 1572 elderly. This was a turning point as making things to sell. This said that anyone found it established a national system of If beggars refused to work guilty of being a vagabond over helping the poor for the first time. when they were offered help, the age of 14, was to be It also showed that the authorities they were to be sent to a whipped and burned through recognised unemployment as a special prison funded by poor the right ear. If found guilty real problem. rates called a house of again they could be sent to correction prison or even executed.