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2 - The Radical Flashcards

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When were the Corn Laws passed and what did they do?

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1815, prohibited corn imports unless it cost more than 80 shillings per quarter

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How many demobilised soldiers were there after the Napoleonic wars?

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400,000

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When did Luddism occur?

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1811-17

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What did Luddites do and why?

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Broke machines as they feared mechanisation would take their jobs

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When were the Spa Feild Riots?

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End of 1816

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What were Spa Field Riots and what happened?

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Series of three meetings organised by Spaceans. Second meeting, group attacked gunsmith and planned to take over key establishments

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When was the March of the Blanketeers?

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1817

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What caused the March of the Blanketeers?

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Seditious Meetings Act

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How many took part in the March of the Blanketeers?

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300

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What was the route of the March of the Blanketeers?

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Manchester to London

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How did the March of the Blanketeers end?

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One marcher needlessly killed by authorities in Cheshire

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When was the Pentrich Uprising?

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9th June 1817

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What happened during the Pentrich Uprising?

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Around 500 villagers attacked Nottingham Castle

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Why did the Pentrich Uprising fail?

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Largely due to government spies eg ‘Oliver’

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When was Brandreth executed?

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7th November 1817

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When was the Peterloo Massacre?

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16th August 1819

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How many people gathered to see Henry Hunt in St Peter’s Field?

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60,000

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How many people died/injured as a result at Peterloo?

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400 injured, 11 dead

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What did the government launch in responce to Peterloo?

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Six Acts

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When was the Cato Street conspiracy?

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1820

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What were the radicals planning at Cato Street?

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To assassinate the entire Tory cabinet

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Why did Cato Street fail?

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Government spying - especially WJ Richards

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What was the result of the Cato Street Conspiracy?

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Thistlewood and four others excecuted

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When did the Queen Caroline Affair take place?

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1820-21

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How did the Radicals use Caroline?

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To undermine the government - Corbett was her advisor

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What was given to Caroline to make sure she was absent at the coronation of George IV?

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£50,000

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Who became the scapegoat of the nation after the Queen Caroline Affair?

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Lord Sidmouth and George Canning

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When were the Corn Laws set up?

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1815

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What did the Corn Laws do?

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Made sure no foreign corn imports were allowed unless price per quarter was over 80 shillings

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When was income tax repealed?

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1816

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When was income tax initially introduced?

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1797

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What did the repeal of income tax lead to?

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Increased indirect taxation - prices of items like beer and bread hugely increased

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When were the Game Laws introduced?

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1816

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What did the Game Laws do?

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Made poaching against a landowner illegal - could be imprisoned or transported to Australia

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When was the suspension of Habeas Corpus?

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1817

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What did the suspension of Habeas Corpus mean?

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Government could hold any suspect indefinitely

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How long did the suspension of Habeas Corpus last?

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A year - repealed in 1818

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When was the Seditious Meetings Act introduced?

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1817

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What did the Seditious Meetings Act do?

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Made meetings of over 50 people illegal. Also made mutiny in the armed forced punishable by death

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When were the Six Acts passed?

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1819

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What happened to Sidmouth and Canning after the affair?

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Forced into resignation

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What were the Six Acts?

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Ban on military training, increased powers to magistrates to search for arms, ban on meetings of over 50 people, sped up trials, imposed resrtictions on press, increased stamp duty on newspapers

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