the bloody code and bridewells

Question 1

when was the bloody code

Answer 1

1688 to 1820

Question 2

when did the rich landowners and merchants increase their power to make laws in parliament

Answer 2

1688

Question 3

when was the black act

Answer 3

1723

Question 4

what was the black act

Answer 4

it made poaching deer, rabbits, and fish a capital offence. and even if you were caught in a forest at night with a blacked-up face it could result in hanging

Question 5

what was the bloody code

Answer 5

it imposed the death penalty for over two hundred, often petty, offences. And Its aim was to be deterrence

Question 6

when was the Gaol act

Answer 6

1531

Question 7

what was the Gaol act

Answer 7

it forced JP’s to build a prison where one was needed

Question 8

when was the vagabond act

Answer 8

1609

Question 9

what was the vagabond act

Answer 9

it forced JP’s in every county to build bridewells

Question 10

what were bridewells

Answer 10

By the late eighteenth century, bridewells were used increasingly like prisons, both as a place to hold those awaiting trials and as a place of punishment for those convicted.