1820-1829

Question 1

1820

Answer 1

First railway line begins development
Food prices reduced by 1/3
GDP Raised by 16% - Decade of economic improvements, government could relax control of country and reform become more of a possibility ( Liberal tories)
Failure of Cato street conspiracy - Thistlewood plotted to kill cabinet members, but failure, end of radical reform attempts.

Question 2

1821

Answer 2

49% of workforce under 20 years old - Children were useful as they could fit under machinery
Henry heatherington sets up Co- operative and economical society - Set up a commune house in Spa fields
GNP rose 16% in 10 years - economic prosperity
Gram pound disenfranchised, Yorkshire gained 2 seats - Limited reform
24 million people

Question 3

1822

Answer 3

Henry Hunt released - Relaxed government during economic prosperity
John Russell attempts to disenfranchised 100 boroughs - motion received no support

Question 4

1823

Answer 4

Masters and servant act passed - Made breaking an employment contract punishable by imprisonment

Question 5

1824

Answer 5

Combination Acts repealed - Improved communication by postal services meant Combination acts were having little effect preventing unionism, they were ignored after 1815, no reason of keeping them

Question 6

1825

Answer 6

John Hobhouse attempts to limit children’s hours - Wanted children’s houses to be reduced from 16hrs to 11, but free trade ideology made this impossible
From 1825, cotton is Britain’s biggest export, providing jobs for 355,000 people.
Molestation Act is passed - Trade unionists could not pressure other workers to join unions or strikes

Question 7

1826

Answer 7

Cap on Joint stock banks removed - Banks grew in size and became more stable and economically important
First join stock bank, Lancashire
Parliamentary election where tory division was made apparent over ‘catholic question’ - Long term division within Tory party, Liverpool kept them together

Question 8

1827

Answer 8

William king begins publishing ‘ The Co-Operator’ - Had a wide readership and ran for two years, circulating the ides of co-operation, contributing to the growth of Co- operative movements.
Lord Liverpool resigns and dies - Tory party left completely divided, going through 3 leaders within 11 months

Question 9

1829

Answer 9

Duke of Wellington passes Catholic Emancipation Act - Split tory party completely 
Bad harvests - Economic strain on the country
John Doherty opens Grade general union of the Operative spinners of GB and the national association of the protection of Labour - Widespread but failed
Birmingham political union set up - Thomas Atwood's attempts to achieve greater representation for industrial centres to allow reforms. Combined working class numbers - Respectable