Population+Growth+1650-1800

John Andrew

** __Prompt: __ **  Describe and analyze the economic, cultural and social changes that led to and sustained Europe’s rapid population growth in the period from approximately 1650-1800 **. **  **__Economic: __** Advances in medicine Vaccines invented Hygiene improvements Open field system Healthier people = meant more people and longer lives Enclosures Atlantic slave trade Streets cleansed by many health acts  **__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cultural: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Improvements on transportation <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wars less destructive <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Growth of cottage industry (industrial revolution begins) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Improvements in water supply. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bubonic plague disappeared <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Streets cleansed by many health acts <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> **__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Social Changes: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bigger families <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Children not frowned upon <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Usage Wet nurses <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Improvement in education <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">More entertainment <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> **__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thesis: __** **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Population of Europe between 1650-1800 significantly increased because of many practical uses of hygiene, streets were cleansed, and many more factors that helped to the improvements of the European population. ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> **__<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sources: __** <span style="color: #0e774a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">[|www.losal.org/146420319215526107/lib/.../FRQ_20-1.pptx] <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">