4) Tudor Legislation 4: Elizabethan Legislation 6: 1601 Act Flashcards
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What was the 1601 Act influenced by?
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Municipal schemes.
2
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What 2 Acts were passed in 1601?
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One act to set up hospitals and workhouses for the poor and the other to define the law regarding charities.
3
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What were these 2 Acts influenced by?
A
These 2 acts were influenced by municipal schemes, as hospitals and workhouses for the poor had been in London for about 60 years, and so the government was finally realising that they worked.
4
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What was the 1601 Act the climax of?
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The 1601 Act was the climax of over a century of experimentation varying from total repression to more enlightened legislation. It proves that the successive government was trying to deal with the problem and were often based of the experiments carried out in towns and cities.
