Industrial Revolution 1700 to 1900

Question 1

what happened in 1776?

Answer 1

1776 – American war
of Independence.

Question 2

what happened in 1789?

Answer 2

1789– French
Revolution

Question 3

what happened 1834-35?

Answer 3

1834-35 – Sir Robert
Peel becomes Prime
Minister.

Question 4

which act was changed in1723?

Answer 4

1723 – Waltham Black Act makes
poaching illegal.

Question 4

which act was changed in 1735?

Answer 4

1735 – Witchcraft Act.

Question 5

what was happening in between 1739-45?

Answer 5

1739-45 – Hawkhurst Gang control
smuggling along the South East coast of
England

Question 6

what was changed in 1827?

Answer 6

1827 – Black Act repealed.

Question 7

what was happened in 1834?

Answer 7

1834 – Tolpuddle Martyrs charged under
naval mutiny law for forming a union.

Question 8

what was introduced in 1805?

Answer 8

1805 – Horse patrols set up by the fielding
Brothers.

Question 9

what was introduced in 1829?

Answer 9

1829 – Metropolitan Police Act (police set
up in London).

Question 10

what was introduced in 1835?(act)

Answer 10

1835 – Municipal Corporations Act (Other
towns could set up Police forces only 50%
did).

Question 11

what was introduced in 1842?

Answer 11

1842- Detective Department set up in
London.

Question 12

what was introduced in 1878?

Answer 12

1878 – CID set up in London

Question 13

what was introduced in 1894?

Answer 13

1894 – Mugshots introduced to identify
suspects.

Question 14

what happened between 1778-1868?

Answer 14

1778-1868 – Transportation of criminals to
Australia (Over 160,000).

Question 15

what act was passed in 1823?

Answer 15

1823 – Judgement of Death Act gives judges power to reduce death penalty to transportation

Question 16

4 crimes popularized in the industrial rev

Answer 16

Sedition.
Highway robbery.
Smuggling.
Poaching.

Question 17

what is Sedition?

Answer 17

when drugs are given to help you feel more relaxed during a procedure

Question 18

what was Highway robbery?

Answer 18

Highwaymen were robbers on horseback and they usually worked alone or in small groups. They attacked travellers in carriages or on horseback. Highwaymen increased in number in the early 18th century. They targeted stagecoaches, carriages, farmers returning from market and the mail coaches.

Question 19

what is Smuggling?

Answer 19

Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people