Government Actions Flashcards
1
Q
How did the government try to solve the issue of waste in YORK?
A
1.) Not allowed to let out waste before 7pm.
2.) Fines for people who threw out waste.
3.) People encouraged to empty cesspits.
2
Q
How would rich people get water towards the end of the period?
A
- They had pipes installed.
3
Q
What were the changes that were made for rich?
When?
A
- 1670- 1750
- Large houses
- Streets lit with lamps
- Streets paved
4
Q
What remained the same in poor areas?
A
- Privies and cesspits
5
Q
What were the 4 main government actions to stop The Gin Craze?
A
1.) Alehouses needed license
2.) 1729 Gin Act
3.) 1736 Gin Act
4.) 1751 Gin Act
6
Q
How effective was the law that alehouses needed a license?
A
- Limited effect
- Small alehouses were regulated
7
Q
What was the 1729 Gin Act?
A
- Increasing price of license
8
Q
How effective was the 1729 Gin Act?
A
- Impossible to enforce because of many small gin shops.
9
Q
What was the 1736 Gin Act?
A
- License fee INCREASED EVEN MORE!
10
Q
How effective was the 1736 Gin Act?
A
- People made gins in home illegally
11
Q
What did the 1751 Gin Act do?
A
- Imposed harsher punishments on anyone selling gin illegally.
12
Q
How effective was the 1751 Gin Act?
A
- It worked
- Consumption of alcohol fell.
