The crisis deepened during the 17th century with the expulsion in 1609 of the Jews and the Moriscos, descendants of the Muslim population that converted to Christianity under threat of exile from Ferdinand and Isabella in 1502. From 1609 through 1614, the Spanish government systematically forced Moriscos to leave the kingdom for Muslim North Africa. They were concentrated in the former Kingdom of Aragon, where they constituted a fifth of the population, and the Valencia area specifically, where they were roughly a third of the total population. The expulsion caused the financial ruin of some of the nobility and the bankruptcy of the Taula de Canvi in 1613. The Crown endeavoured to compensate the nobles, who had lost much of their agricultural labour force; this harmed the economy of the city for generations to come. Later, during the so-called Catalan Revolt (1640–1652), Valencia contributed to the cause of Philip IV with militias and money, resulting in a period of further economic hardship exacerbated by the arrival of troops from other parts of Spain. COUNT 5
QSN1 What people group was descended from Muslim converts to Christianity? ANS1 Moriscos QSN2 When were the Jews expelled? ANS2 1609 QSN3 Where did the Moriscos go when they were forced out of Spain? ANS3 North Africa QSN4 What proportion of the Valencia area's population were the Moriscos? ANS4 a third QSN5 When was the Taula de Canvi bankrupted? ANS5 1613