Crime and Punishment

Question 1

When was the first uniform legal system made and by who

Answer 1

1154 by King Henry II

Question 2

What is a social crime

Answer 2

a crime accepted by many people

Question 3

What laws protected royal forests

Answer 3

forest laws

Question 4

What percentage of england became royal forest

Answer 4

30%

Question 5

What was William I’s punishment for rebellions

Answer 5

death penalty

Question 6

What was the murdrum fine

Answer 6

when an anglo saxon murdered a norman , and the culprit wasn’t found, a large sum of money had to be paid by the hundred (people in area of land) of where the body was found

Question 7

Who was the Witchfinder General in 1645-47

Answer 7

Matthew Hopkins

Question 8

What did many puritans believe about witchcraft

Answer 8

it was being used by Royalists (some were Catholics)

Question 9

What happened to the “witches” found

Answer 9

hanged

Question 10

What did the Civil war and poor harvests cause

Answer 10

huge economic problems

Question 11

What did the Civil war weaken

Answer 11

control of local authorities

Question 12

When was the English Civil War

Answer 12

1642-51

Question 13

Where did Hopkins work

Answer 13

Essex and East Anglia

Question 14

Why did Hopkins torture the accused “witches”

Answer 14

to extract coonfessions

Question 15

how did extreme poverty lead to an increase of crime rates

Answer 15

extreme poverty led to increase in stealing food

Question 16

how did larger towns lead to an increase in crime rates

Answer 16

they made it easier to escape

Question 17

how did improved roads lead to an increase in highway robbery

Answer 17

it led to more people travelling

Question 18

how did increase of trades between towns lead to an increase of highway robberies

Answer 18

it meant more goods and money were transported by road

Question 19

in 1772 to reduce highway robberies what capital crime was introduced

Answer 19

to be armed and in disguise on a high road

Question 20

What did an increase of poaching lead to in 1723

Answer 20

the Waltham Black Act

Question 21

What did the Waltham Black Act do

Answer 21

made poaching a capital crime and also made it illegal to own hunting dogs or carry snares in a poaching area

Question 22

Why did smuggling increase from 1740-1850

Answer 22

because the tax on imported goods were so high

Question 23

Why did mounted customs officers find prosecuting the smugglers difficult

Answer 23

there were large coasts to patrol

Question 24

What happened to smuggling when taxes cut in the 1840s

Answer 24

it decreased

Question 25

Why did the authorities send the farmers to seven years transportation to Australia for forming a trade union

Answer 25

to deter others from forming a trade union

Question 26

How many signatures were collected in support of the farmers

Answer 26

200,000

Question 27

Gunpowder plot is an older form of…

Answer 27

terrorism