17. Lack Of Reform (1785-1820) Due To Fear Of Revolt

Question 1

What are the 3 factors for this question?

Answer 1

Fear of Revolt
Movements of radical groups
Old system was good

Question 2

Fear of revolt

What happened at the 1789 FR?

Answer 2

Reign of terror - 27,000 people killed including nobles

Question 3

Fear of revolt

When was the Cato Street Conspiracy? What did it plan to do?

Answer 3

Feb 1820
To murder all the British cabinet ministers and the PM

Question 4

Fear of revolt

When was Peterloo? Who led it? What happened

Answer 4

August 1819
Henry Hunt
18 deaths
400-700 injured

Question 5

Radical

What was Cobbetts radical paper called? How much did it cost? When did it start printing?

Answer 5

Cobbett’s Weekly Politcal Register
2p
November 1816

Question 6

Radical

Which of the six acts reduced Cobbetts impact?

Answer 6

The newspaper and stamp act - 4p tax on any paper costing under 6p

Question 7

Radical

When did the LCS demonstrate at Copenhagen Fields? How many there? How were they stopped

Answer 7

1795
200,000
Stopped by seditious meeting act

Question 8

Old system

Which Rotten Borough had 2 MPs but no population?

Answer 8

Old Sarum

Question 9

Old system favourable

Compare the population of Lancashire to Cornwall and how many MPs each had?

Answer 9

1.3 million - 14
300,000 - 42

Question 10

Old system favourable

What proportion of elections went uncontested?

Answer 10

2/3