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1. prime ministers Flashcards

1
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when was Shelbourne prime minister

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1782-83

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outline shelbourne as PM

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  • unpopular with public due to colony losses
  • patron of political ideas
  • house of lords
  • forced out by the north fox coalition
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who was PM in 1783

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Duke of Portland

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outline Portland as PM

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  • unpopular with public
  • blamed for the treaty of paris
  • supported act of union
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5
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who was PM between 1783-1801?

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Pitt the Younger

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outline Pitt as PM

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  • sinking fund
  • focused on trade policies
  • appointed by king
  • known as the mince pie adminsitration
  • declared war on france after revolutionary
  • 1793 seditious writings act
  • 1799 combinations act
  • resigned over failed act of union due to the kings refusal of catholic emancipation
  • his leadership marked an era of tory ascendency
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who was PM after Pitt and when?

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Addington
1801-1804

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outline Addington as PM

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  • signed treaty of amiens
  • declared war on france in 1803 as they broke the peace treaty
  • many criticised him for not declaring war sooner
  • famine and unrest
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who was PM between 1804-1806

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Pitt

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outline Pitts leadership between 1804-06

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  • reformed bills such as the excise bill
  • showed good leadership signing the triple alliance through the Napoleonic wars
  • died in 1806
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who was PM between 1806-07

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  • known as forming hte ministry of ‘all talents’
  • partly abolished the slave trade in 1807
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who was PM between 1806-08

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Portland

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outline portland as Pm between 1806-08

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  • had to deal with the collapse of the ministry of all talents
  • was a Whig but supported Pitts reforms
  • resigned due to ill health and lack of catholic emmancipation
  • failed to deal with the third coalition
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what did Leonard say about Perceval attitude towards the napoleonic war

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“pursued the french war more fruitfully than his predecessors”

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who was PM between 1809-1812

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Perceval

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outline perceval as PM

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  • opposed catholic emancipation
  • against slave trade
  • had to deal with the kings mental demise
  • assassinated in 1812
  • Briggs argued he ‘provided the nucleus for the war against france’
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who was PM between 1812-27

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Liverpool

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outline Liverpool as PM

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  • reactionary, especially after the peterloo massacre in 1819
  • dealt with the unrest caused by the Napoleonic war
  • wanted to comprimise over catholic emmancipation
  • many argue he contributed to the creation of liberal tories:
    1) lowered tariffs
    2) repealed income tax
    3) corn laws 1815
    this decision was followed by the recession caused by a bad harvest in 1813
  • six acts which limited radicals meetings
  • gold standard returned to that of 1819
  • had to deal with the Caroline affair
19
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who was PM in 1827

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Canning

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outline Canning as PM

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  • king disliked Canning, due to the disagreements over foreign policies
  • Canning supported American independence which the king disliked, but he got support from politicians as there were significant trading benefits
  • invited whigs to join the party
21
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who was PM between 1827-1828

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  • resigned after 144 days
  • could not hold together the coalition between tories and whigs
  • king said wellington should lead the party
  • Goderich
22
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who was PM between 1828-1830

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Wellington

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outline Wellington as PM

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  • Battle of waterloo seen as a hero
  • passed Catholic Emancipation in 1829
  • Catholic relief act was passed
  • government collapsed in 1830, meaning there was an introduction for the Whigs to become the majority
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who was PM between 1830-34

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Earl Grey

25
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outline Grey as PM

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  • abolition of slavery 1833
  • supporter of Bentham
  • resigned over unrest in ireland
26
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who was PM in 1834?

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Melbourne

27
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outline Melbourne as PM

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  • popular with Queen Victoria
  • dealth with a conflicting cabinet
  • dealt with the Bed Chamber crisis
28
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who was PM after Melbourne

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Peel

29
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outline Peels first year as PM

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  • repeal of the corporations act
  • repealed penal laws
  • did not fully support catholic emancipation
  • won with a small majority leading to his resignation
30
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who was PM between 1835-41

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Melbourne

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outline Melbourne as PM

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  • Municpal corporations act,1835 allowed middle classes to have some control of local government
  • created metropolitan police force in 1829
  • defeated in commons due to being unpopular over the scandals
32
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who was PM between 1841-1846

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Peel

33
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outline Peels second term in government

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  • Mines act 1842 banned women and children employment underground
  • 1844 factory act
  • Tamworth manifesto 1834, said he will live for the consensus of the people
  • 1844 railway act, commissioned by Gladstone
  • 1846, repeal of the corn laws due to irish famine
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