Changes in punishment (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards
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What were ships transporting convicts called?
What were ships transporting convicts called?
Hulks
Journey time Britain to Australia
Journey time Britain to Australia
Four months
Peak year of transportation
Peak year of transportation
1833 (nearly 7,000 prisoners)
Year transportation ended
Year transportation ended
1857
Gold discovered in Australia (year)
Gold discovered in Australia (year)
1851
Typical transportation sentence
Typical transportation sentence
Seven years of hard labour
Proportion of female transportees
Proportion of female transportees
One in seven
John Howard's position
John Howard's position
Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Elizabeth Fry's religious group
Elizabeth Fry's religious group
Quaker
Gaols Act passed (year)
Gaols Act passed (year)
1823
Pentonville Prison opened (year)
Pentonville Prison opened (year)
1842
Conditional Pardon meaning
Conditional Pardon meaning
Freed but not allowed to return to Britain
Penal Servitude Act (year)
Penal Servitude Act (year)
1865
Prisons under govt control (year)
Prisons under govt control (year)
1877
Prison using Separate System
Prison using Separate System
Pentonville Prison