Elizabethan Class System In The 1500s

upper class consisted of wealthy and well educated minor aristocrats they could vote and they held high public office

The upper, middle, and lower class. The upper class streamed from the aristocrats of earlier time periods. The middle and lower classes were the working classes. The middle class however had jobs with better pay, a better standard of living ,and better sanitation then the lower class but still had struggles with day to day necessities. The lower class were very poor and had difficult lives. Many children worked in the lower class. This relates to A Brave New World as the lower classes were not focused on in society very often, and had difficult jobs and less access to resources from their conception, this caused the lower classes to in general have low

     To be in the highest class, one had to be born into it. This four percent of the population was known as the Noble class. The class was broken into two estates: the first estate and the second estate. They were the hierarchy of the church and well respected church officials. The second estate made up the other three percent and included the Royal family and other wealthy families that had inherited most of their income (Lough 98-105). Although these were the richest people in the country, they were

The concept of social class has been around for ages and is still a part of today’s society. Social class is not only based on the individual’s wealth but also on their social standing such as; monarchs, priests, nobles, merchants, and peasant class. The peasant class was practically ignored, which means that the higher classes would only pay attention to each other. This can be the case in society today, there are some people who feel that their career makes them higher than a janitor. Even though humans have been around for centuries, social class is still a big issue.

Lumbering was also a major source of profit for the colonies. The lumber would be shipped to ENgland or used for ship building. There was also some manufactoring in the colonies, then the goods would be traded within the colonies or to

The Nobility was the middle class which lost their power because of Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV. They owned land but had a low income. Finally, The Third Estate was the poorest group out of the three. They were poor rural farmers and city workers. They were forced to pay heavy taxes and were forced to do services.

The best class to be in was the gentry because they were the richest of the rich. The people that made up the gentry included plantation owners (the Tidewater), merchants/business owners, ministers, royal officials, successful lawyers and wealthy artisans, such as goldsmiths. The gentry owned most of the land, were very powerful, were the most likely to hold office, and the men had the right to vote.

The monarch during the Elizabethan era was Queen Elizabeth the I she had most of the power to control her land similar to our president, though in modern times our president controls most things the House of Congress is similar to the Lord Mayor of London in the way that they can give a majority vote in favor of a certain law. The nobles of the century do not directly correlate to the upper class but there can be similarities found in the amount of power they had due to the amount of money they had. The military is considered to be the knights though they are respected they are not as high up on the totem pole as the knights. The middle class of our modern world is similar to that time period because it is the largest class but different because in the 16th-century middle class got little respect whereas as now middle class is treated the same as any other person. The final class the laborers, does not necessarily relate to our modern society because everyone would be considered a laborer but there are also poor people in our society. The separations in our modern society are heavily influenced by the strict social class of the 15th and 16th

Unlike upper class they did not necessarily inherit their money but earned it off their own hard work. They could afford their own town house and servants to run the household. Over time these class of people grew more influential and eventually gained the right to vote in 1832. They were below the aristocracy but above the workers.

Chapter 23 discusses the Chinese class system, the system is divided into four classes, the privilege classes, working classes, merchants, and lower classes. All of these classes allow for certain jobs and rules that each class is allowed to do. In current news, the Chinese aren't the only people to have a class system or ranking. Britain's class system isn't exactly like the Chinese, however does determine the jobs you are allowed to do as well as how much money you are allowed to make . Britain's class system is determined by your father.

During this time the social class depended on how much land you owned. Royalty in your Kings and Queens was part of the upper class; the noble lords and vassals followed the

The first were the patricians; they were the rich people. The nobles, the Senates, the ones who had the power. The second group were the plebeians, and they were the common people. 2.

The society was divided up into four social classes. From top to the bottom it’s, kings, lords and vassals, knights, peasants and serfs. At the top class, kings ruled Europe. The king's role was letting the barons and lords to live on his land. If they give armies of men to fight wars.

The most privileged of the three classes was the “Aristocracy” or high class. Those of

The social classes had many varying roles which were important to the different classes and their functions in society. Queen Elizabeth was at the top of the social pyramid (“The Social Structure in Elizabethan England”). Being the head of the country, the Queen was the most respected person in England. She had full control and governed everyone. Following the Queen, came the higher middle classes such as the nobility. The nobility were the fighters and knights, which many had died in the War of the Roses. The Queen saw this class as a threat and