Employment, jobs and careers

1. Employment, jobs and careers Maddie, Alisha, Kyla and Robbie

2. 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

3. Middle Class 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. 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/

4. 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

5. For more information visit British Law –http://www.macrohistory.com/h3/h29-fr.htm Black Smith - http://members.citynet.net/sootypaws/Blacksmithing/moxon.html