The Stuart Economy!

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Across
  1. 4. Word to describe the social groups who benefited most from the changes to agriculture
  2. 7. Another name for the 'putting out' industry that contributed to the rural cloth trade in Britain
  3. 10. Merchant ______________ - a company symbolic of growing world trade, centred on London.
  4. 12. Word to describe one of the consequences of improved farming techniques
  5. 13. Name of a coffee shop specialising as a meeting place for insurance brokers
  6. 15. John _______ - he created the first road map of Britain in 1675
  7. 16. Water ________ - agricultural technique that allowed longer use of fields for pasture
  8. 18. Technique that was either highly profitable, or the cause of poverty, depending on who you ask.
Down
  1. 1. The new _________ - fashionable, lighter forms of cloth that became popular in the late 1600s.
  2. 2. Walter________ - author of 'The English Improver'
  3. 3. a new career opening for the elites, centred on London - involving work with the Royal Navy
  4. 5. The engine of the economy in Stuart Britain.
  5. 6. Immigrants of this nationality brought expertise to agriculture and the cloth trade, especially in East Anglia
  6. 8. Specialised farming in Cheshire produced this
  7. 9. As communication, specialisation, and London developed - this sort of market grew.
  8. 11. Social group who lost out in the 1600s as they weren't large enough landowners to adapt to changing conditions.
  9. 14. Type of road constructed in the 17th century that helped improve communication links
  10. 17. Word to describe the population of Britain 1650-1700