Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Under 18th century England, a person could receive the death penalty for rioting over wages or food.
2. Bridewells provided a location to send poor people in order to remove them from the streets.
3. The practice of transportation was short-lived in the correctional system.
4. The English continued to transport their prisoners to America well after the Revolutionary War.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False

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