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    • Which crimes increased in the period 1700-1850?
    • Give three reasons why crime increased in the period 1700-1850
    • Highway robbery
      A crime where people were robbed on the highway
    • Famous highwayman
      • Example of a famous highwayman
    • What was the 1723 Waltham Black Act? What code was this part of?
    • What happened in 1823?
    • How did smugglers make large profits?
    • Witchcraft Act
      A law that made witchcraft a crime
    • Give three reasons why witchcraft stopped being a crime (include economics, superstitions, Royal Society)
    • The Tolpuddle Martyrs

      • Names of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
    • What happened in 1834 in Tolpuddle, Dorset?
    • What were the group of farm workers arrested for? What had the original purpose of this law been?
    • What sentence did they receive?
    • Why was their sentence so harsh?
    • How many signed a petition in opposition to their harsh punishment?
    • What did the Home Secretary do?
    • Give three reasons why the Tolpuddle Martyrs were so significant
    • Why was there a development in more official forms of policing after 1700?
    • How were the Bow Street Runners paid initially? What happened in 1785?
    • What did the Bow Street Runners introduce new methods of?
    • How did the Bow Street Runners patrol the streets? How successful were patrols?
    • What else did the Bow Street Runners do?
    • Metropolitan Police Act
      A law that established the Metropolitan Police Force
    • Police Act
      A law that established the police force
    • What was the main aim of the Police Act?
    • How many capital crimes were there by 1810?
    • What were the changing attitudes towards crime in the 19th century?
    • Why was there a decrease in the use of the death penalty?
    • Why did transportation to America end in 1776?
    • Give three reasons why transportation to Australia ended by 1868 (include discovery of gold, ideas about punishment, use of prisons)
    • Gaol Act
      A law that improved conditions in prisons
    • Goals Act
      A law that improved conditions in prisons
    • Pentonville Prison
      A model prison built in the 19th century
    • What did Robert Peel do in 1825? Why?
    • What was included in the 1823 Gaols Act?
    • How did Peel help to pass the Metropolitan Police Act in 1829?
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