The End of the Republic Chapter 11.3 CauseEffect

4/7/14 Pg Topic: The End of the Republic (Chapter ) Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic? Cause As the Roman Empire continued to grow, wealthy Romans began to seize captured lands through war. Effect

Topic: The End of the Republic Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic?. Cause As the Roman Empire continued to grow, wealthy Romans began to seize captured lands through war. Effect Farmers began to fall into poverty and debt. While fighting for the Republic they neglected their farms. Some farms were destroyed by the Carthaginians. Many were unable to pay taxes and loans Effect 4/7/14 Pg

Topic: The End of the Republic Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic? Cause As the Roman Empire continued to grow, wealthy Romans began to seize captured lands through war. Effect Farmers began to fall into poverty and debt. While fighting for the Republic they neglected their farms. Some farms were destroyed by the Carthaginians. Many were unable to pay taxes and loans Effect Poor farmers moved into the cities to find work. Most were not able to find jobs because prisoners were working the jobs or they didn’t have the skills to do urban jobs. 4/7/14 Pg

Topic: The End of the Republic Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic? Effect Poor farmers moved into the cities to find work. Most were not able to find jobs because prisoners were working the jobs or they didn’t have the skills to do urban jobs. Effect Wealthy Romans bought up the small farms and combined them into large latifundias (large farming estates). They used prisoners as free or cheap labor to grow cash crops. Prisoners took most jobs that the poor could have held. Effect 4/7/14 Pg

Topic: The End of the Republic Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic? Effect Poor farmers moved into the cities to find work. Most were not able to find jobs because prisoners were working the jobs or they didn’t have the skills to do urban jobs. Effect Wealthy Romans bought up the small farms and combined them into large latifundias (large farming estates). They used prisoners as free or cheap labor to grow cash crops. Prisoners took most jobs that the poor could have held. Effect The rich got richer. The poor got even poorer. 4/7/14 Pg

Topic: The End of the Republic Essential Questions: What factors lead to the decline of the Roman Republic?. Cause As the Roman Empire continued to grow, wealthy Romans began to seize captured lands through war. Effect Farmers began to fall into poverty and debt. While fighting for the Republic they neglected their farms. Some farms were destroyed by the Carthaginians. Many were unable to pay taxes and loans Effect Poor farmers moved into the cities to find work. Most were not able to find jobs because prisoners were working the jobs or they didn’t have the skills to do urban jobs. Effect Wealthy Romans bought up the small farms and combined them into large latifundias (large farming estates). They used prisoners as free or cheap labor to grow cash crops. Prisoners took most jobs that the poor could have held. Effect The rich got richer. The poor got even poorer. 4/7/14 Pg