Causes of Crime during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Use your knowledge to come up with questions for the answers provided.
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| Vagrancy |
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What was the name given to the crime of wandering from town to town without employment?
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| Alms houses or monasteries |
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Where could the poor seek shelter and relief?
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| Impotent poor |
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What was the name given to those who were unable to work due to age, hardship or some other ailment?
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| Able-bodied poor |
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What was the name given to those considered capable but unwilling to find work?
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| By 1.4 million - from 2.9 million to 4.3 million |
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Between 1500 and 1600, the population rose by how much?
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| Dissolution of the Monasteries, rising inflation and changes in farming methods |
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Give three reasons why poverty increased during the sixteenth century.
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| Protestant Reformation |
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What was the name given to religious changes that began under Henry VIII?
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| Heresy |
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As a result of the official religion switching between Catholic and Protestant, this period saw a growth in which crime?
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| Treason |
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Political or religious opinions that went against those of the monarch were known as what?
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| Hung, drawn and quartered |
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What was a common punishment for treason?
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