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Grades 11 and 12 - World History - Senior High School - Crime And Punishment: Early Modern Britain
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1. What term was used to describe a robber on foot encountered on the highway?
2. In Mary Tudor's reign heretics (i.e. those who followed the Protestant faith) could suffer the death penalty, and 300 were killed during her reign (1553-1558). What form of execution did they suffer?
3. Transportation overseas was an available punishment. To where were convicts transported until the late 1700s?
4. Witchcraft was taken seriously as an offense in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. What did the witch-finders look for on an alleged witch's body to prove guilt?
5. Some towns and villages did employ constables, but they suffered from a crucial weakness. What was it?
6. In 1688 the death penalty could be imposed for no less than 50 different crimes. Why did courts in fact impose so few death sentences?
7. What was meant by a 'bridewell' during this period?
8. What term was used to describe a robber on foot encountered on the highway?
9. What was meant by a 'bridewell' during this period?
10. In Mary Tudor's reign heretics (i.e. those who followed the Protestant faith) could suffer the death penalty, and 300 were killed during her reign (1553-1558). What form of execution did they suffer?

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