HIST 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: New Prison, John Cullum
Document Summary
The treaty of utrecht in 1713 was followed by the death of. Queen anne and the controversial accession of george i the following year. Wartime employment had mitigated the socio-economic difficulties caused by poor harvests. Poor londoners found a moment to share their voice within the elite over church and politics division. The corrupt politics threw together an alliance of the poor and the middle men who ran the parishes and sat on juries, setting them at odds with parliament. New social policies were implemented at the local level. George i"s accession to the throne was accompanied with a wave of crime and protest which threatened to undermine the new regime. In 1714 the london poor were facing the worst economic conditions since the late 1690s and crime prosecutions soared. Mary knight was executed for picking a man"s pocket in 1716 and had been committed to a house of correction and new.
