2.1 Government: Lord Liverpool Flashcards
1
Q
1812-1822
reactionary and conservative measures
A
- Corn laws 1815
- abolition of income tax 1816
- repression of radicalism and the 6 acts
2
Q
1812-1822 reactionary and conservative measures
Corn laws 1815
A
- protectionist measure against the reintroduction of foreign wheat into the market after the end of the napoleonic wars
- aimed to protect the british farming industry
- hit the poorest of society the hardest with highly inflated wheat prices and poor harvests making life hard for the unemployed and those on low wages
3
Q
1812-1822 reactionary and conservative measures
Abolition of income tax 1816
A
- largely benefitted the upper classes who now only had to pay a flat rate
- working classes were exempt from income tax but were not exempt from the new flat rate
- protecting the wealthiest eg those in parliment
4
Q
1812-1822 reactionary and conservative measures
Repression of radicalism
A
- reacting to the manifestations of discontent through the reduction of civil liberties
- 1816 spa feild riots leads to the game laws
- 1817 march of blanketeers + pentrich rising leads to the suspension of habeas corpus
- 1819 peterloo leads to the 6 acts
therefore gov is simply reacting and there is no premtive actions taken to prevent the emergance of radicalism
5
Q
1812-1822
liberal measures
5
A
- repeal of orders in council 1812 - gave into the demands of thomas attwood and the middle classes whose buissnesses were suffereing as a result of the blockade
- doctrine of the trinity act 1813 - gave more rights to dissenters, but only passed after they failed to further reduce the rights of dissenters but only caused more agitation
- repeal of statute of artificers 1814 - symbolic gesture to show the government was supportive of getting the poor into work
- poor employment act 1817 - response to the unemployment in the midlands but had no real effect
- factory act 1819 - following the pressure from robert owen and other social reformers, the act hoped to reduce the working hours of children and prevent children under 9 working. but only applied to cotton mills and could not be enforced
6
Q
1822-1827
liberal measures
3
A
- shift towards free trade - cuts in duties eg manufactured goods 50% to 20%, repeal of navigation acts to promote trade, reciprocity of duties act 1823
- law and order - death penalty removed for around 180 crimes, gaols act 1823 gave a wage to jailors to prevent bribery
- Banking acts 1826 - reduced number of withdrawls under £5 and the bank of england had to produce weekly reports - but was only passed after the 1825 banking crisis
7
Q
1822-1827
what did the government not do ?
5
A
- no parlimentry reform
- no catholic emancipation
- no proper factory reform
- slavery still not wholey abolished
- corn laws still in plcae
8
Q
how did liverpool keep his party together ?
A
- skillfully managed divisions between the liberals and the ultras by refusing to answer the hard questions
- he included both ultras and liberals in his cabinet to please both factions
- evident as once he is gone his party falls apart
