early modern england 1500-1700

Question 1

when did Edward VI repeal heresy laws before Mary reinstated them

Answer 1

1547

Question 2

when was the Act Against Catholic Priests introduced

Answer 2

1585

Question 3

when was the blashphemy act

Answer 3

1651

Question 4

what years were there harvest failures

Answer 4

1570s, 1590s

Question 5

when were monasteries closed

Answer 5

1536

Question 6

when was the vagrancy act and after how many years was it withdrawn for being too harsh

Answer 6

1547, 3

Question 7

when were houses of correction introduced

Answer 7

1576

Question 8

when was the poor relief act

Answer 8

1601

Question 9

what quote from exodus meant that it was God’s order to kill witches

Answer 9

thou shall not suffer a witch to live

Question 10

when did economic problems increase tension in communities alongside death of livestock and poor crop yields, causing people to blame evil spirits

Answer 10

late 16th century

Question 11

when was the witchcraft act and what did it do

Answer 11

1542
witchcraft punishable by death

Question 12

when was the Act Against Conjurations and Witchcraft and what did it do

Answer 12

1563
witchcraft tried in common court rather than church courts

Question 13

how many people were investigated for witchcraft by matthew hopkins

Answer 13

300

Question 14

how many people were hanged for witchcraft due to matthew hopkins

Answer 14

112

Question 15

when was the death of matthew hopkins

Answer 15

1647

Question 16

when was the gunpowder plot

Answer 16

November 5 1605

Question 17

when was the thanksgiving act introduced

Answer 17

1605

Question 18

by what year were there 50 capital offences

Answer 18

1668

Question 19

during whose reign was transportation to north america introduced

Answer 19

James I