Social Structure
Marriage
Land
100

The top of the social pyramid — titled families like dukes and earls.

aristocracy (or nobility)

100

What was the common age for marriage?

mid 20s

100

What reflects power during the regency era

How much land you have

200

Servants, farmers, and laborers made up this majority group at the bottom of society.

working class

200

What were woman who never married called?

Spinster

200

What was the purpose of a primogeniture

Preventing estates from being split

300

Below the nobility were these wealthy, untitled landowners, like Mr. Darcy.

the landed gentry

300

Women could not vote, own property independently, or earn income — they depended on this for survival.

their husband’s or father’s wealth?

300

How did land generate income

Rent and farming

400

Professionals such as clergymen, merchants, and officers made up this emerging class.

the middle class

400

The amount of money a woman’s family provided upon marriage — often deciding her prospects.

Dowry

400

What is all the money and property owned by a particular person called?

Estate
500

Regency England’s class system was based on three key things: birth, wealth, and this.

reputation (or social respectability)


500

What was marriage mostly used for?

A way to rise in the social class

500

What gender had a difficult time with inheriting land and why

Woman, because the legal system prioritized male heirs through being first born.

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