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In the 18th century, the criminal justice system relied very heavily on capital punishment, even minor crimes such as cutting down a tree without permission could resulted in being hanged. Other punishments included transportation to America or Australia to perform hard labour and lesser crimes merited branding and public humiliation.
The majority of crimes were investigated and processed by the victims, with more serious crimes being put before a magistrate's court. At the time, magistrates were unpaid wealthy men who usually did not have much knowledge of the UK legal system. Magistrates at the time were well known for being easily bribed and corrupted.
The police force as we know it today, did not exist. London had Watchmen and each parish elected two people within to act as police officers in their spare time. Quite often, those elected would pay someone else to stand in their place.
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The currency in England in 1700?
The currency of the Kingdom of England in 1700 was the Pound Sterling - exactly the same currency as the UK has now. Well, not quite the same. Today's pound has decimal sub-units. Before that, there were many different non-decimal fractions of a pound as well as there being the guinea (a gold coin worth 1.05 pound), which had its own array of sub-units. Also, there was no pound coin. The largest in that era was only 1/4 of a pound
When did the 18th century start?
1700
What is an example of how the Mongols discriminated against the Chinese?
punishments for crimes were unequalPunishments for crimes were unequal.
What happened in 1700 that changed the world?
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What is a country that was in world power in 1700?
Spain.
