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Britain 3: growth of parliamentary reform Flashcards

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Growth of reform before 1832

Name 5 factors

A

Middle class
Unreformed system
Pressure outside
Parliament actions
French rev

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The Middle class

Why did it matter they were educated and self-made?

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They wanted their political power to match their economic power to drive business forward

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The Middle class

When did Richard Arkwright die with a fortune of what?

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In 1792 with a fortune of £500,000

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The Middle class

Why did the Corn Laws indirectly effect them?

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They had to increase working class wages = decreased profits

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The Middle class

Why did the Corn Laws encourage them to want reform?

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They could vote on policies that would benefit business, not worsen it

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Pressure outside parliament

In what year did it cost a penny to join the London Corresponding Society?

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1792

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Pressure outside parliament

How many copies did Paine’s Rights of Man sell, and when?

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200,000 copies in 1793

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Pressure outside parliament

What was the Cato Street Conspiracy?

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1820 assassination attempt on Lord Liverpool’s cabinet

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Pressure outside parliament

Who ran the BPU?

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Thomas Attwood

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Pressure outside parliament

How many people regularly attended rallies when the BPU was created in what year?

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100,000 people in 1830

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Pressure outside parliament

How many attended the BPU ‘Days of May’ rally?

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200,000

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The unreformed system

What fraction of elections were uncontested?

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2/3

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The unreformed system

How long did elections take?

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As long as 2 months

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The unreformed system

In what year did less than 5% of the male population have the right to vote?

A

1831

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The unreformed system

What was bad about the rotten borough Old Sarum?

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It had a single landowner but still had 2 MPs

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The unreformed system

What was Lancashire’s population and how many MPs?

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1.3 million and 14MPs

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The unreformed system

What was Cornwall’s population and how many MPs?

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300,000 and 42MPs

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The French revolution

What ideas did Thomas Paine spread?

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Spread of ideas about monarchy and nobility

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The French revolution

When did Napoleon blockade Britain?

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1806

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The French revolution

What did Napoleon’s blockade mean for the working class?

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They had to pay an indirect tax on sugar and beer to increase govt income

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Parliament Actions

What did the Duke of Wellington want to do with 2 corrupt constituencies?

A

Transfer seats to other rural areas, but the Canningnites wanted to give this to Manchester and Leeds

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Parliament Actions

What did the Duke of Wellington’s alienation of Canningnites mean?

A

Govt was focused on gaining popularity

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Parliament Actions

What did the Whigs want?

A

moderate reform, as a growing number of them were middle class

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Parliament Actions

How did the Whigs want to gain support?

A

Keeping a check on the ‘tyranny of the monarchy’ and stop potential violence by including more people in the political system

25
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The French Revolution

Why did people argue about the French Bourbon dynasty collapse?

A

That it had collapsed due to a failure to recognise genuine popular electoral grievances, as what was being voiced in Britain

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Parliament Actions

What did the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 do?

A

Allowed Catholics to be MPs for the first time

27
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Growth of reform after 1832

List 5 factors

A

Pressure within
Peaceful pressure outside
Violence
Legacy of 1832 Act
Chartism

28
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Peaceful pressure outside

What did the 1865 Reform League want?

A

universal manhood suffrage and secret ballots

29
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Peaceful pressure outside

What did the 1864 National Reform Union want?

A

equal distribution of seats

30
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Peaceful pressure outside

When did the Anti-Corn Law League make speeches to raise public awareness?

A

1858

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Peaceful pressure outside

Give an example of a liberal minded employer who was campaigning for reform

A

Samuel Morley, a wool manufacturer from Nottingham

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Legacy of 1832 Act

What did the size of the electorate rise from and to?

A

From 366,000 to 650,000

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Legacy of 1832 Act

What % of the male population could now vote?

A

18%

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Legacy of 1832 Act

Voting was still public until when?

A

1872

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Legacy of 1832 Act

What did you have to have an income of to be an MP?

A

£600

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Legacy of 1832 Act

The Whigs made no attempt to deny that what was designed to exclude the lower classes from voting?

A

the £10 limit on the 1832 Reform Act

37
Q

Pressure within

When did Disraeli draft his bills from?

A

Feb-Aug 1867, causing 3 cabinet members to resign

38
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Pressure within

Who was more liberal, replacing Palmerstone in 1865?

A

Earl Russel

39
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Pressure within

What and when did Gladstone argue in parliament?

A

In 1864, he argued it was a scandal only 1/10 of those with a vote were working class

40
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Parliament Actions

What did the first reform bill in March 1831 aim to do?

A

redistribute 100 rotten boroughs

41
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Pressure within

Who was John Bright?

A

MP for Birmingham

42
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Pressure within

What did John Bright support?

A

Reform League’s idea of 1 man = 1 vote

43
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Pressure within

Where did John Bright speak and to how many people?

A

At a meeting of 150,000-200,000 people at Brookfields in Birmingham

44
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Violence

When were the Hyde Park Riots and how many people attended?

A

1866 - 200,000 people

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Violence

Who was the Reform League leader that announced another rally at Trafalgar Square?

A

John Bedford Leno

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Chartism (use in violence)

When were the Plug Riots?

A

1842

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Chartism (use in violence)

What were the Plug Riots?

A

500,000 workers going on strike across Staffordshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire

48
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Chartism (use in violence)

What was the Newport Uprising?

A

20 dead and 50 wounded at Westgate hotel

49
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Chartism (use in violence)

When was the Newport Uprising?

A

November 1839

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