EMPLOYMENT, JOBS AND CAREERS

Maddie, Alisha, Kyla and Robbie

UPPER CLASS

The Royalty made their money by taxing citizens. Also, Dukes

owned land and taxed the owners, who were middle and lower class citizens.

The taxes they made off of these people we partially given to the Queen or King

of the time. They would be paid in ducats.

Queen Anne

Queen Anne was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland

starting on March 8, 1702. She also became the Queen of Great Britain upon

the Union of England and Scotland.

Since Queen Anne had no children, George was the closest to the

throne. He became King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714-1727. After

George passed away his son took the throne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_(1700%E2%80%9399

MIDDLE CLASS

William Blackstone

A well-known lawyer of this time was William Blackstone who did a lot of writing that supported the

English law which eventually came to change and improve the law. Blackstone permitted the law that stated

husband and wife to be considered one person. This meant that the husband had full control over their land

and money. The women could not own land under her name and her wages were given to her husband.

Blackstone also made some changes to the law that were appreciated more and were fair. He deprecated

slavery and developed the concept that as soon as a slave in in England they are free. He also worked to

provide security and safety for the Jewish, Turkish and anyone who praised Christ.

http://windhamctcemeteries.wordpress.com/windham-notables/notables-of-windham-center/

Common middle class jobs of the seventeenth century were becoming a judge and lawyer. To attain these jobs people had to have an education as this became a more popular career quickly. When people started to hear of how successful lawyers were the number of people trying to get jobs as lawyers increased dramatically from the start of the 1700’s.

LOWER CLASS

Lower class citizens worked doing jobs they learned from their mother or father such

as; farming and blacksmithing.

Farming

About 30% of England's land was suitable for growing crops. Most farmers kept their

crops and livestock for their own food. The common farm animals were pigs,

chickens, sheep and cows. Horses were scarce and only owned by large land owners.

Oxen were also a common farm animal that lived on poorer food and could be eaten.

Blacksmithing

Blacksmiths were in charge of making and repairing tools and implements from iron

and steel. Blacksmith also sometimes had to pull teeth because there were no

dentists in the village.

http://fortnerministries.org/2012/10/06/spiritual-blacksmiths-wanted

British Law – http://www.macrohistory.com/h3/h29-fr.htm

Black Smith -

http://members.citynet.net/sootypaws/Blacksmithing/moxon.ht

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