How many vagrants were there in Tudor England and Wales?
5000
30000
60000
What would a Clapper Dudgeon do?
Pretend to be mentally disabled and follow people around to get money from people
Pretend to have violent fits and suck on soap to froth at the mouth
Cut their skin to make it bleed then wrap the wounds in dirty rags
Which of these people was a Protestant bishop whom Mary I burned at the stake?
Rawlins White
John Penry
Thomas Cranmer
Why did smuggling decline?
Most smugglers got caught.
The government reduced duties on imported goods.
Harsh punishments deterred people from smuggling.
What weapons did highwaymen usually have?
Pistols
Rifles
Knives
What was a rookery?
An area of a town or city with a high crime rate
A type of Tudor vagrant
A nickname for a pickpocket in the 19th century
Who were the famous rioters who mashed machinery in textile mills in the 19th century?
Chartists
Rebecca rioters
Luddites
Dic Penderyn was the leader of which 19th-century protest?
Merthyr Rising
Newport Rising
Swing Riots
Why did the government introduce road safety measures?
The number of cars had increased
Cars were becoming faster
The large number of fatalities on the road
Which group claimed responsibility for the London bombings on 7 July 2005?
Al-Qaeda
The IRA
The Chartists