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When were the Jacobite rebellions?

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1715-1745

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When was the execution of Charles I?

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1649

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When were gypsy beggars allowed to be hung?

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1554

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When was exporting wool made illegal?

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1614

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When was exporting wool made punishable by death?

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1661

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What year was the Gunpowder plot?

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1605

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What happened in the 12th Century?

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Hue and Cry act by local groups of people

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What was the population of England in 1450?

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2m

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What was the population of England in 1551?

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3m

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What happened in 1576?

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Local judges are required to build ‘houses of correction’ where beggars could be kept.

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When was the 1st Vagrancy Act?

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1494

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What happened in 1547?

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Vagrancy Act (2nd)

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When was the Habeaus Corpus Act?

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1679

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What act was introduced in 1718?

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Transportation Act

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In 1718 what title did Jonathan Wild give himself?

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Thief taker general of Great Britain and Ireland

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When was John Howard born?

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1726

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When and where was Wild hung?

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1725 at Tyburn

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1735-1749

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Hawkurst Gang dominated smuggling from Kent to Dorset

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When was the execution of Dick Turpin?

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1739

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When was the last hanging, drawing & quartering?

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1746

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What happened in 1748?

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Court records showed 103 - 70% of the people wanted for smuggling were farm workers

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When were the Bow Street Runners?

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1749

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What was the population of England in 1750?

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7m

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How many offences were there with the death penalty in 1750?

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160 offences

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When did John Fielding start mounted patrols?

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1754

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What did Howard do in 1770s - 1780s?

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Howard toured Britain and Europe to discover better ways of running prisons

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When did the Gaols Act pass and due to who?

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1774, due to John Howard

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What riots happened in 1780?

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Gordon Riots

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When did William Pitt PM lower taxes on imported food?

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1780

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When was Quaker Elizabeth Fry born?

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1780

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What happened in 1787?

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First transportation to Australia

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When did Combination Acts ban trade unions?

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1799

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How many offences were there with the death penalty in 1815?

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225 offences

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When did the flogging of women end?

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1820

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What act was in 1823?

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Gaols act

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What did Robert Peel do in 1823-5?

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Reform prisons and reduce number of death penalty offences

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What was set up in 1829?

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Metropolitan Police Force

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When were the Swing Riots?

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1830

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In what year was the Pentoville Prison built?

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1842

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As a result of Robert Peel, when were 90 new prisons built?

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1877

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