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Flashcards by Tasneem Rahman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tasneem Rahman
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 43 AD | Romans Invade Britain |
| 410 AD | Romans left Britain. Anglo-Saxon Period begins |
| 633AD | Synod Of Whitby |
| After 633AD | trial by ordeal and Wergild introduced |
| 1066 | Norman Conquest |
| 1066 (trial) | trial by combat |
| 1066 (law) | feudalism- forest laws |
| 1072 | church courts |
| 1154 | Henry II reign |
| 1164 | constitution of Clarendon |
| 1215 | end of trial by ordeal |
| 1250 | constables introduced |
| 1285 | posse Comimtatus (Eward i) |
| 1494 | beggars put in stock for 3 days |
| 1547 | vagrancy act - beggars forced to work |
| 1576 | house of correction (prison for beggars) |
| 1605 | Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot |
| 1455-85 | war of the roses |
| 1542 | witchcraft becomes a crime (Henry VIII) |
| 1563 | witchcraft prosecutions increase (Elizabeth I) |
| 1642 | English civil war |
| 1685 | last witchcraft execution |
| 1736 | all witchcraft laws abolished |
| 1725 | jonathan wild hung |
| 1615-1776 | transportation to america begins and ends |
| 1787 | transportation to Australia begins |
| 1834 | Tolpuddle Martyrs |
| 1868 | transportation Abolished |
| 1842 | pentonville |
| 1869 | public execution abolished |
| 1823 | Goals Act |
| 1789 | French Revolution |
| 1960s | Racism Laws |
| 1970s | Sexism Laws |
| 1969 | End of death penalty |
| 1970s (Court) | changes in sentences- probation community service, ASBOs |
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