After the Plague, there were very few people left to work, so employers had to pay workers more so they could work for them. This situation is called a labor shortage. Many peasants became merchants and other higher-paid professionals after the Black Death because they had more money to start business and those who once did those jobs died from the plague. According to the quote, what was an important long-term effect of the Bubonic Plague on Europe?

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“After the Plague, there were very few people left to work, so employers had to pay workers more so they could work for them. This situation is called a labor shortage. Many peasants became merchants and other higher-paid professionals after the Black Death because they had more money to start business and those who once did those jobs died from the plague.” According to the quote, what was an important long-term effect of the Bubonic Plague on Europe?

A	Establishment of Feudalism
B	Political Instability
C	Ethnocentrism
D	Increase in Social Mobility

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In England, more than 1300 villages were deserted between 1350 and 1500. Wages of labourers were high, but the rise in nominal wages after the Black Death was swamped by inflation and so real wages fell. Labour was in such a short supply that landlords were forced to give better terms of tenure.

Detailed explanation-2: -These huge death tolls sparked off a chain of events that would redefine the position of the peasant in England. Due to the fact that so many had died, there were far fewer people to work the land: peasants were therefore able to demand better conditions and higher wages from their landlords.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bubonic Plague (1347-1353) So much of the workforce was depleted, that laborers were forced by law to work. The Statutes of Laborers issued in 1351 in England, required any healthy unemployed person to work for anyone willing to hire them. Those who refused employment were punished with time in the stockades.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the aftermath of the plague, the richest 10% of the population lost their grip on between 15% and 20% of overall wealth. This decline in inequality was long-lasting, as the richest 10% did not reach again the pre-Black Death level of control on overall wealth before the second half of the seventeenth century.

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