1) Growth of parliamentary democracy Flashcards
Why was French war an impediment?
People began to associate reformists with jacobins and lawlessness. Turned the middle class off.
What was the punishment introduced for seditious acts and when? What was it called?
Capital punishment for meeting in groups, publishing seditious material. 1785.
What followed the napoleonic wars?
A poor harvest in 1816
What was a popular pamphlet at the time? How much did it cost?
Cobbett’s political register.
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What illegal pamphlet was published and when?
Parliamentary debates 1802-1812
Give another seditious publication with the type of content and number of subs and author
Wooler’s ‘The Black Dwarf’ 1817
12,000 subs
Satirical journal that favoured working class interests
Corn laws were introduced when? Why did this bother the middle classes?
1815
It meant they had to increase labourers wages so that they could afford food.
Which type of approach did the manufacturing classes want?
Laissez-faire.
Why did the gov. introduce protectionist measures in 1815?
They had spent so much money on the napoleonic wars and to restrict trade
What was the issue with seat distribution in the industrial cities?
The number of seats had not yet caught up with the increased size of population as a result of industrialisaton.
What did the middle classes see as most inefficient about the political system?
patronages
Give two results of the 6 acts… when were the 6 acts passed?
Capital punishment for sedition.
Gatherings of more than 50 people illegal
When was Peterloo?
1819
How many people died and were injured at Peterloo?
18
400
How many attended Peterloo?
60,000
Who was arrested at Peterloo?
Hunt, Francis Burdett MP
When were the Spa field riots, who spoke at them and how many people attended on the busiest day?
1817
Hunt, Watson
20,000
Where were the Spa field riots?
Islington
What was the March of the Blankateers and where was it?
Lancashire weavers marching to london to demand reform.
What was Arthur Thistlewood up to and when?
He was plotting the Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate the cabinet
Buy how much did the economy grow between 1821 and 29?
16.8%
Explain the exchange in seats between Grampound and Yorkshire
Grampound was a rotten borough in Cornwall that was disenfranchised. The seats taken away were given to Yorkshire.
What did John russel try to do?
He tried to disenfranchise 100 rotten boroughs but failed to pass the movement by a large majority
What was the attitude shift among politicians around this point?
That reform could be used as a form of appeasement.
Which riots occurred in 1830 and who lead them?
Swing Riots.
Captain Swing :)
Which publication, beginning in 1830, continually spoke of the need for reform?
The Westminster Review
What changed in 1829 and how many petitions did this issue bring about between Feb and March 1830
There was a poor harvest.
200
How much was the borough of Gaton bought for in 1801
£90,000
Which PM came from Old Sarum and how many constituents did he have?
Pitt the elder
11
What were the voting requirements for counties?
Ownership of a property worth 40 shillings a year
How many voters did yorkshire and bedfordshire have?
Yorkshire- £20,000, Bedfordshire 2,000
How many towns had more than 50,000 inhabitants?
7
What was the main source of work for people in 1785?
agriculture
What allowed the economy to continue growing despite there being an agricultural focus?
Manufacturing, foreign trade
What are three factors that contributed toward social change at this time?
- railways
- social mobility
- Newspapers
What were the different qualifications to vote from the boroughs?
- corporations- only town councillors can vote
- burgage- owns a property with burgage
- freeman - holds the free man status
- potswalloper- has a hearth big enough to boil a pot
- freeholder
- scot and lot- pays poor relief
When was the French revolution?
1789
What did Edmund Burke write that same year?
‘reflections on the revolution in France’
What did Edmund Burke say?
That the virtue of the British system is that it is cautiously adaptive.
Who responded to him and with what title in 1790?
Mary Wollstonecraft, vindication of the rights of man.
What did she say in this book?
That the british system was overly hierarchical
How many people purchased Paine’s the rights of man published in 1791 and 2?
200,000
English chronicle attitude toward french revolution quote
‘thus has the hand of justice been brought down on France
Name two societies that emerged around this time. What did they support?
-Sheffield society for constitutional information
-London corresponding society
Universal manhood suffrage
How can you characterise the typical london corresponding society goer?
Middle class, privincial.
How many sigs did a petition with the Sheffield society for constitutional information get in 1792?
10,000
Why were there riots in 1780?
In 1778 the papist’s act was introduced which allowed Catholics to own property and land.
