7. Government: Lord Liverpool as Prime Minister Flashcards
Which individuals made up his cabinet?
Reactionary Tories- Lord Sidmouth, Addington, Lord Elson,
Canning would have been present, but he refused to work with Lord Castlereagh
Why was Liverpool’s government at a disadvantage?
He sat in the House of Lord, not the Commons, and the few government ministers that were in the Commons were often beat in debates by Radicals and Whigs
What was and what was the effect of the 1820 “Queen Affair”?
Prince Regent’s attempts to divorce Caroline of Brunswick. Monarchy became unpopular, and people distrusted the Prince Regent. Tarnished Liverpool’s own reputation.
When was the rise of the High Tories/ Ultra Tories?
1820s
Who newly joined the Cabinet during the Cabinet Reform?
Duke of Wellington, Robert Peel, William Huskinsson, (and after Lord Castlereagh’s suicide) George Canning (with his Liberal beliefs)
What position did Peel hold in the 1820s
Home Secretary
When did Lord Liverpool resign after having a stroke?
1827
When were the Corn Laws passed?
1815
What were the Corn Laws-
A law passed that stated that foreign corn could not be imported until the home priced reached 80 shillings
When was income tax repealed?
1816
When was the Truck Acts introduced?
1819
When were the Relief Acts and Toleration Act passed?
1819
When were the Six Acts passed?
1819
When was the return to Bank of England cash payments?
1819
When were Peel’s Penal code reforms?
1824
When was the repeal of the Combination Act?
1824
When was the Amending Act passed?
1827
What was the result of repealing income tax?
Had to increase indirect taxes
When and why was Habeas Corpus suspended?
1817- after an attack on the Prince Regent’s coach
What did Six Acts do?
Outlawed unofficial military training, seditious meetings, seditious libel and introduced stamp duties on news papers (to make them out of reach for working classes)
What did the Truck Act do?
An attempt to curtail the practise of employers paying wages in kind to factory workers
What did the Factory Act of 1819 do?
Children under nine couldn’t be hired, and young people could only work 12 hours a day
How did Peel re-code the penal law system?
Removal of minor offences that carried the death penalty such as pick-pocketing
Gaol Acts attempted to standardise and regularise the provision of gaols across the country
Separating female prisoners from male prisoners
Female prisoners would have female wardens
Humanitarian and efficiently- juries not willing to judge someone guilty if it meant their death
How is Liverpool remembered?
For his repressive measures following social unrest after the Napoleonic Wars
When was a Catholic Emancipation Act defeated during Liverpool’s tenure and why?
1825- couldn’t get his cabinet to support it
What two issues did Lord Liverpool’s government not address?
Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary Reform
When did the Bank of England resume its cash payments?
1819
