Key topic 2

Question 1

who were gunpowder plotters led by , what

Answer 1

Robert catesby
treason- blow up houses of parliament, king James 1in 1605

Question 2

PFD plotters

Answer 2

13 plotters
36 barrels

Question 3

when were the Matthew Hopkins witch-hunts

Answer 3

1645-1647.
east anglia

Question 4

why witch trials ended

Answer 4

Hopkins died in 1647
science

Question 5

religion of
Henry
Edward vi
Mary I
Elizabeth I
James i

Answer 5

catholic
protestant
catholic
protestant
Protestant

Question 6

when Henry v111 became king
his plans

Answer 6

1509

by 1530 plans in place to change religions to protestant

Question 7

when were th witch-hunts

Answer 7

1645-47

Question 8

effect of English civil war 1642-29

Answer 8

feeling world had been turned upside down- monarchy challenged and Charles beheaded

Question 9

why media was enabled to influence crime

Answer 9

media was enabled by the printing press

Question 10

how many protestants Mary burned

Answer 10

284

Question 11

stereotype for a witch

Answer 11

elderly women who was denied assistance from a wealthier neighbour.

Question 12

What decade was the earliest beginning of the Reformation?

Answer 12

1530s

Question 13

continuity -punishments during the Early Modern Period

Answer 13

-stocks and pillory
-whipping/flogging
-prisons
-hanging quarter and drawn

Question 14

changes- punishments during the Early Modern Period

Answer 14

• houses of correction
  -transportation
  -bloody code

Question 15

when was the bloody codes
the stats

Answer 15

introduced in 1723
when No of crimes punishable by death increased to 50

Question 16

by 1815 how many crimes punishable by death

Answer 16

225 crimes

Question 17

transportation

Answer 17

started 1660s
transported on hulks
-initially taken to America

Question 18

when were houses of correction introduced

Answer 18

1500s
to punish and reform criminals

Question 19

Continuities in Law Enforcement During the Early Modern Period

Answer 19

• hue and cry
• constables
• church (benefit of the clergy)
• trial by jury

Question 20

Changes in Law Enforcement During the Early Modern Period

Answer 20

• town watchmen
• justices of peace
• army

Question 21

what did town watchmen do

Answer 21

patrol streets day and night
arrest drunks / vagabonds

Question 22

how effective were town watchmen

Answer 22

not particularly
were poorly paid
role attracted people desperate for a job, often drunk themselves

Question 23

what did JPs do

Answer 23

local wealthy people
could pass sentences, issue fines, order whips, or sen to stocks pillorys

Question 24

how army were used

Answer 24

stopped riots
capture criminal gangs

Question 25

what impact did the rising population have on crime levels in England?

Answer 25

fewer jobs available so people ended up travelling to find work. This led to increasing concerns about tramps, beggars and those travelling to find work.
Thus, the impact of the growing population was more that it created fears about vagabondage and crime than that there was a real increase in crime rates.

Question 26

James I

Answer 26

king in 1603
catholics hoped they’d be able to worship freely
laws tightened - hard for catholics

Question 27

how many plotters were there

Answer 27

13

Question 28

how were the plotters punished

Answer 28

hanged, drawn, quartered

Question 29

Hopkins methods of torturing witches:

Answer 29

1
Making suspects stay awake all night
2
Making suspects remain standing or move continuously

Question 30

Henry v111 reign

Answer 30

1509 - 47

Question 31

Mary 1 reign

Elizabeth 1 reign

Answer 31

1553

1558

Question 32

James 1 reign

Answer 32

1603 - 1625

Question 33

crimes in 1500-1700

Answer 33

heresy up to 1560
treason
gunpowder plotters
vagabondage
poahing
smuggling
witchcraft

Question 34

why did people believe in witchcraft

Answer 34

economic problems - facing wages,unemploymeny
death of livestock, poor crop yields
demonologie
religion - the devil

Question 35

how many people sent to amerca - transportation

Answer 35

50-80000

Question 36

1601 poor law

Answer 36

All inhabitants had to pay a compulsory poor rate to support their poor. Work was to be found for able-bodied men and women. The death penalty was abolished, but anyone found begging was to be whipped and returned to their own parish. If this was not known, they were sent to a House of Correction

Question 37

Role of nightwatch men

Answer 37

Carry lamp to patrol
Ring bell to warn
Unpaid volunteers
Patrol 10 to 12
Overseen by town constable

Question 38

Name of first correction house

Answer 38

Bridewell orison

Question 39

game act 1671

Answer 39

poaching - illegal to hunt rabbits/hares

upper class via as thieves/trespassers lower class view as social crime

Question 40

Puritan moral laws 1650s

Answer 40

banned many things
laws to punish people for using bad words, drinking too much alcohol, being lazy, and even gossiping. No Christmas celebrations were allowed, and marriages were performed by colony officials, not by ministers.

Question 41

Change in modern England
1500-1700

Answer 41

Increasing population
Decline of feudalism led to higher unoenployemnt
More people moved to urban areas in search of work
Towns and cities grew
So vienes against person increased higher No street criminals and petty thieves

Question 42

Changes in modern early England 1500-1700
Against authority

Answer 42

Treason increased more disputes on who should rule
Heresy charges increased because official religion kept changing betw catholic and Protestant