1840s Flashcards
Peel’s peacetime income tax - cleared 2.5 million deficit and gave 1.5 million surplus. Didn’t affect working class
1842
Bank Charter Act - gave BOE a monopoly, backed up bank notes with gold reserves which gave confidence to stakeholders
1844
Irish Famine - over a million dead
1845
Repeal of the Corn Laws
1846
Conservative Party split into Peelites and Protectionists, not winning a majority for 30 years
1846
Ten Hour Act - Hours in factories
1847
Public Health Act - Response to Diseases spreading
1848
Factory Act - Shortens hours in textile factories
1844
Irish population from 1841-51
9 million - 6.5 million
Other factors affecting Irish population
Cholera outbreak, 1.5 million migrate to USA and Canada
Friendly societies had 1.5 million members - provided basic welfare benefits when they were required
1846
Peel’s period in power
1834-35, 1841-46
Plug riots - workers not happy with taxes
August 1842
Chadwick’s report of sanitary conditions - linked poverty to disease
1842
Rail coverage in 1843 and 1846
2000 miles and 4000 miles
Enclosure Act - making common land private
1845
Agricultural Drainage Act - medical officers appointed to check sanitary conditions in an area and point out nuisances worsening them
1846
Cut tariffs and lowered the Corn laws 1828 sliding scale - gave the economy a boost and gave a higher level of employment since more goods needed to be made
1842
