4 - Liberal Toryism 1820-27

Question 0

Who did Liverpool recruit in 1821 which gained him an extra 12 votes?

Answer 0

Grenville Whig faction

Question 1

When did Canning resign?

Answer 1

1820

Question 2

Why did George IV hate Canning?

Answer 2

Suspected he was one of his wife’s lovers

Question 3

When did Castlereagh commit suicide?

Answer 3

August 1822

Question 4

When were there duty reductions?

Answer 4

1824 and 1825

Question 5

What were the results from duty reductions?

Answer 5

Cheaper raw materials for industry, increased trade and customs revenue

Question 6

When was the Reprocity Act passed?

Answer 6

1823

Question 7

What did the Reprocity Act mean?

Answer 7

Could negotiate advantageous trade treaties with other countries, Navigation Laws relaxed, colonial suppliers encourages with preferential duties

Question 8

When were Robinson’s tax cuts?

Answer 8

1823

Question 9

How much tax cuts is ‘Prosperity’ Robinson credited with?

Answer 9

£12 million

Question 10

When were the Corn Laws modified?

Answer 10

Mid 1820s

Question 11

How were the Corn Laws changed?

Answer 11

Made imports allowed at 70 shillings per quarter

Question 12

When was the Corn Law sliding scale introduced?

Answer 12

1828

Question 13

What did the sliding scale mean/.

Answer 13

Foreign wheat allowed to be imported at 60 shillings per quarter and duty free imnports allowed at 73 shillings per quarter

Question 14

When was the Reform of the Penal Code/Criminal Law Amendment Act?

Answer 14

1826

Question 15

What did the Reform of the Penal Code mean?

Answer 15

Hundreds of offences punishable by death reduced to 8

Question 16

How many members were in the Metropolitan Police force when it was set up?

Answer 16

3,000

Question 17

When was the repeal of the Combinations Act?

Answer 17

1824

Question 19

What was the Trade Union Act of 1825?

Answer 19

Allowed trade unions to exist whilst restricting their freedom to picket

Question 20

When was the Joint Stock Bank Act introduced?

Answer 20

1826

Question 21

What did the Joint Stock Bank Act do?

Answer 21

Only allowed the Bank of England to issue bank notes

Question 22

When were the Corn Laws suspended?

Answer 22

During the economic crisis of 1825-26

Question 23

Who were the ‘New Men’ in 1822?

Answer 23

Peel, Canning, Huskisson and Robinson

Question 24

What did the repeal of the Combinations Act do?

Answer 24

Outlawed strikes and pickets in 1825