Poverty and vagrancy
What Poverty and vagrancy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Changes in the economy exacerbated poverty, vagrancy and rural unemployment among the lower classes, occasionally erupting into unrest.
Distress appeared as food riots, vagrancy and rising poor rates, and the poor suffered most.
Topics that use Poverty and vagrancy
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