Britain History Flashcards
Before 1832 % of pop electorate?
5% pop could vote
Corrupt Practices Act?
1883
Redistribution Act?
1885
One seat per constituency
After 1884 % adult males that could vote?
80% men qualified for voting
Henry VI 1430 voting qualification that remained unchanged for 400years?
Vote to all freeholders of property worth £2 per year.
Rotten borough example?
Old Sarum with only 7 elecotors
1918 Reform Act voter increase?
TRIPLED
7 million to 21 million
When was the Glasgow rent strike?
1915
When was the General Strike?
1926
When was the ILP formed?
1893
When is the Liberal Party formed?
1859
When is the 2nd Chartist Petition presented to Parliament?
1842
When was Habeas corpus suspended?
1794
When was Trade Disputes Acts passed?
1927
When was the Chartist National Convention held?
1839
When was the First Chartist Petition presented?
1839
When was the Parliament Act passed?
1911
When were the Corn Laws abolished?
1846
Swing Riots 1830?
riots in protest of poor harvests & intro of machinery
Govt response to Swing Riots?
- suppressed 1831
- 19 men executed
- 1,000 men transported or imprisoned
Adullamite?
anti-reform faction within Liberal Party before 2nd Reform Act
Second Reform Act increased electorate by how much?
1.2M => 2M
1 in 3 adult men had vote
Which was renowned as a corrupt borough, as its voters sold their votes to highest bidder?
Sudbury
Name 2 Rotten Boroughs?
Dunwich
Old Sarum