2022 efforts for reform differ 1832-67 Flashcards
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violent protest 1820-32
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- Bristol riots 1831- troops sent in 12 rioters killed
- swing riots 1830-32, rural south, 20 counties and £100,000 arson damage
- 1831 House of Lords reject reform bill resulting in burning on Nottingham castle, and Bristol controlled for 3 days by rioters until troops sent in
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violent protest - 1852-67
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- failure of chartists leads to less violence
- reform league 1866 Hyde park riots, 200,000 peaceful protestors camp for 3 days after failure of 1866 bill
- police sent in
- clearly shows less violence
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radical societies - 1820-32
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- ‘Days of May’ - BPU rally oof 200,000 in 1832
- cooperation of middle and working class
- Francis Place planned to withdraw all money from banks to trigger an economic crisis “to stop the duke go for gold”
- Metropolitan political union by Henry Hunt - Peterloo 1819
- 1830-31 3000 reform petitions presented to parliament
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radical societies - 1852-67
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- national reform union 1864 - middle class, moderate, male rate payers
- reform league 1865 (all men over 21) - more than 400 branches and Gladstone and John Bright were its spokespeople (MPs)
- petitions used
- both had pressure groups and cooperation of middle and working class but latter had gov connections
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gov response / attitudes - 1820-32
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- referred to as “Swinish Multitude” by Edmund Burke
- 1830 French rev - fear of English rev
- Wellington had the tories split over Catholic emancipation act 1829
- Earl Grey forms Whigs and they pass 1832 bill
- 1832 bill increased electorate to 650,000 or 18% of the male population
- 1830-66 only 14 middle class MPs
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gov response / attitude - 1852-67
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- 1865 Lord Palmerstine dies leaving Gladstone and Russell in charge, less focus on forge in policy
- 1866 bill fails
- Disraeli passes 1867 bill as a way of winning more tory votes
- both bills were more due to tory crisis or 32 for rev, but 67 was to actually increase electorate
