1) Passing the GRA

Question 1

What were the tories divided over?

Answer 1

Catholic emancipation in Ireland
Penal laws 1691- catholic’s barred from sitting in parliament.
Pressure groups like Catholic Association made it a difficult issue

Question 2

Which politician was pro and which was anti?

Answer 2

Peel was anti

Canning supported

Question 3

When did Liverpool resign?

Answer 3

Liverpool resigned in Feb 1827

Question 4

Who took over from Liverpool and when did he die?

Answer 4

Canning

August 1827

Question 5

Who took over from Canning and then who took over from him?

Answer 5

Goderich

Replaced by Wellington in Jan 28

Question 6

What did Wellington pass for the Cathys?

Answer 6

Roman Catholic Relief act 1829

Question 7

Way size was the Tory majority in 1830?

Answer 7

42

Question 8

Who took over for the first Whig gov since 1807 after Wellington could not lead a gov?

Answer 8

Earl Grey

Question 9

When was the reform bill first introduced?

Answer 9

1831 March 1st

Question 10

What was lacking in the bill that made it ‘not very radical’?

Answer 10

No secret ballot, no uniform voting qualifications

Question 11

What did it propose and how did this reflect on the Whigs

Answer 11

To disenfranchise 100 rotten boroughs and redistribute to industrial cities
Very conservative

Question 12

What did the Grey do to try and get the bill through the House of Lords and passed the Tory amendments?

Answer 12

Dissolve parliament in order to receive a majority in an election

Question 13

Whigs return with what majority?

Answer 13

146 MPs

Question 14

What happened in Bristol as a result of house of Lords opposition?

Answer 14

Bristol saw three days of rioting
130 people were killed or wounded
Similar in Nottingham and derby

Question 15

What happened to the second bill?

Answer 15

Blocked

Question 16

What happened in the third bill?

Answer 16

Reduction in boroughs losing MPS from 41 to 30

Question 17

When did the bill reach committee and how much was the majority?

Answer 17

April 32

9

Question 18

What happened when the bill was blocked?

Answer 18

Grey asked the king to create 50 new Whig peers

Resigned

Question 19

What caused King to receive criticism?

Answer 19

Asking Wellington to form a gov

Question 20

What did the middle classes do, qualify this action with a number

Answer 20

Withdraw savings and investment to destroy government finances - took £1.8 million

Question 21

What did Edward Littleton say about this?

Answer 21

That the country ‘was in a state little short of insurrection’

Question 22

What happened when Grey came back and Wellington left?

Answer 22

Opposition dissolved as Tory peers would rather accept the bill than permanently dilute lords with more Whig peers

Question 23

What was the majority the bill passed by and when ?

Answer 23

4th June. 106- 22

Question 24

How many boroughs did the GRA enfranchised

Answer 24

56

Question 25

How many boroughs lost MOS?

Answer 25

30

Question 26

How many boroughs were created

Answer 26

42

Question 27

How many seats did Ireland and Scotland gain?

Answer 27

5

8

Question 28

County qualifications to vote?

Answer 28

Own people worth £10, rent £50

Question 29

Boroughs vote qualify?

Answer 29

£10 rent and own

Question 30

How much did the electorate increase by and what percentage of the Pope was this?

Answer 30

Went from 366,000 to 600,000

18%

Question 31

What are some hindrances of the bill?

Answer 31

It was a way of preventing revolutionary fervour and preserving the system
Majority of the new electorate were middle class business owners and not representative of society
The agricultural south was over represented with 370 seats and 120 in north