1. Good Morning!  Wednesday 9/7
Lets skip the journal today since it’s a short class period
In Class Today:
Answer questions on yesterday’s notes (Day 3)
Finish the notes: Day 4
Finish the study guide
You really need to look at this & find any questions you do NOT know
Test tomorrow

2. Economic Recovery Agricultural Revolution Technology Changes
Iron plows
horse drawn plows
Production Growth
Land clearing
Crop rotation
More food-more people

3. Economic Recovery cont.
Trade and Travel
Feudal wars and invasions slow
Crusades sparks interest in trade
The manorial system not sufficient
Trade routes develop-Constantinople?
Trade companies develop
Hanseatic League
Common way to protect trade
Exchange of goods and ideas begin!!
Towns and Cities Grow
As merchants traveled to trade fairs, cities develop
Merchants gain charters for new cities
With cities come city problems
Manors eventually lose purpose

4. Economic Recovery cont.
The Commercial Revolution
Trade brings the need for money, credit, and banking systems
Partnerships are formed
Limits financial responsibility of one person
Insurance companies formed
Early forms of checking deposits develop
Revived Economy Brings Social Change
Peasants sell farm goods to cities in exchange for money
Peasants give money to lords instead of labor-birth of “tenant farming”

5. Economic Recovery The New Middle Class The Birth of the Guild
Development of Merchants, traders, and artisans
Not liked by Nobles and Clergy
The Birth of the Guild
Associations of workers - early unionization
Merchant
Artisan
Merchant guilds yield significant political power within the city-remember charters?
Artisan and Merchant guilds often in conflict
Guild Membership
Apprentice
Journeymen
Master (if lucky)
Women? YES!

6. After the notes Study guide!
Use your book & your notes to fill out your study guide
Remember, the purple font on the notes are test questions/answers
Due to the drills, weather day, & my absence…let’s skip the WB for this chapter.