Population growth causes and effects, 1600-1800
...classic cottage. Their nutrition was limited to mostly bread, and rain, wind, animals and small parasites would not be prevented inside the house. But conditions started to change, giving a point in history with a sharp population increase. Europe’s agricultural productivity was grains, wheat, rye, and barley, which made up mostly of the European diet during the 1600-1800. England and the Low Countries are the zones with the most productivity, France, Spain and Italy being the least. The people had a very poor nutrition. Their daily takes of calories added up to 93% of bread. Not only did they eat less calories then needed to survive, but they also didn't get enough energy-producing substances. There were little times when the price of wheat was lower then the salary of a typical agricultural worker. Disease was common in early modern Europe, as well as famine conditions. When disease coincided with agricultural failure, the result was a population crisis, a period when the number of deaths is greater then the number of births. When the plague broke out it killed of at the most 64% of a population. With these percentages so high the population had a great decrease. From 1740 to 1743 the death rates exceed the birth rates. Marriage rates were higher from 1735 to 1739, in 1740 there was a great fall in the number of marriages, the number began to rise in 1743. Overall the percentage of death was higher during the entire base period. When the wheat prices are higher, the number of burials gets greater. The chance of children dying by the age of 10 became greater then surviving. The life expectancy for adults ranged from 34 to 46 years old. Being in different areas of Europe could also mean a greater chance for survival. The mortality rates in rural areas were greater in the first and the last months of the year, July being the lowest. Marriage was forbidden in some months, so the most com...