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The growing problem of poverty in Elizabethan England forced the government to develop a systematic response. The result was the Elizabethan Poor Laws — a series of acts of Parliament that established the first national system of poor relief in English history. These laws shaped attitudes to poverty for centuries.
By the late 16th century, the existing systems for helping the poor were inadequate.
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