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When was the French Revolution?

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1789-99

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When were the Napoleonic Wars?

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1793-1815

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When were the September Massacres?

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1792

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When was Louis XVI executed?

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1793

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What had contributed to a growing interest in political affairs among working people, especially the skilled working class?

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Success of the American Revolution; early events of the French Revolution

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Society for Constitutional Information (SCI)

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An organisation that promoted social and political reform; mostly middle-class industrialist members who weren’t prepared to get involved in radical activity

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When was SCI formed?

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1780

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Who formed SCI?

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Major John Cartwright

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When did support for the SCI begin to fall?

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1783

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Why did support for the SCI fall?

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Its members joined other organisations

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When did the SCI cease to exist?

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After 1795

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When were a number of corresponding societies established in London and provincial towns?

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Early 1790s

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Who did the new corresponding societies draw their membership from?

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Growing ranks of skilled working classes

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When was the LCS founded?

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1792

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Who founded the LCS?

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Thomas Hardy

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London Corresponding Society (LCS)

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Promoted twin causes of universal suffrage and annual parliaments; worked to promote political education of its members by publishing pamphlets

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Who was the LCS supported by?

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Skilled craftsmen in London

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Why did the organisation of the LCS mark a new departure for radical groups?

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Never tried to limit its membership to any particular class and charged a very low subscription fee; kept its local associations deliberately small

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When was the activity in France at its most extreme?

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1791-93

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What was established in response to the LCS and other radical organisations?

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Loyalist societies

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Where was association membership drawn from?

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Almost exclusively from the middle classes

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How did the government support the Association movement?

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Used loyalist press to promote patriotic propaganda; gave secret help to associations; took action against reformers

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When was the Spa Fields meeting?

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1816

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What had effectively silenced British radicalism in the early years of the 19th century?

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Government’s determination; growth of national feeling during the Napoleonic War

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From when did Lord Liverpool’s government face a number of challenges to its authority?

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1815

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26
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When did reform meetings in London prove uncontroversial?

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Early months of 1816

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Who was unhappy with the moderate stance being taken in the early months of 1816?

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Followers of Thomas Spence

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What did the followers of Thomas Spence plan in 1816?

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Mass meeting in East London, which they hoped would lead to violent rioting and disorder

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Who was invited to address a meeting in Spa Fields in November?

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Henry Hunt

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How many people gathered at the Spa Field meeting in November?

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10,000- largest gathering seen in London since the anti-Catholic Gordon riots of 1780

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What was the aim of the Spa Fields meeting in November?

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Hunt was asked to present a petition to the Prince Regent, urging him to reform Parliament

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What did Hunt champion in his November Spa Fields speech?

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Moral force behind the petition, but came dangerously close to suggesting the use of physical force if the petitioners’ demands were not met

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Why was a second Spa Fields meeting called in December?

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Hunt was not received by the Prince Regent

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34
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When was the second Spa Fields meeting called?

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2 December 1816

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Who was Hunt pre-empted by at the second Spa Fields meeting?

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Spenceans, who stirred up sections of the crowd and urged them to take a course of direct action

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What happened at Spa Fields as a result of the Spenceans’ actions?

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Number of people left the meeting; looted a number of gunsmiths; set off to seize the Tower of London/Royal Exchange

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Why weren’t the Spa Fields rioters successful?

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Quick action of Lord Mayor of London and his force of constables dispersed them and arrested their leader

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When was the trial of the ringleaders of the Spa Fields affair?

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1817

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What did the trial of the Spa Fields ringleaders reveal?

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Role of government informers and spies in the affair

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What was the government informer who encouraged the Spa Fields riots called?

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Castle

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What happened to those who had been put on trial as a result of the Spa Fields affair?

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Acquitted

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What condemned the Spa Fields riot without reservation?

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‘Leeds Mercury’, a strong supporter of the radicals

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When was the Pentridge Rising?

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1817

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44
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What had Liverpool’s government established to combat radical activity?

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Committee of Secrecy

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When was the significance of the use of spies by the government highlighted?

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Pentridge Rising

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46
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Who joined the Pentridge meetings?

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A Londoner who called himself Oliver

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47
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When did a government informant join the Pentridge meetings?

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May 1817

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When did the government informant persuade the Pentridge radicals that there would be nationwide uprisings?

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9 June

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Who led the Pentridge radicals towards Nottingham?

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Jeremiah Brandreth

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50
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How many Pentridge radicals marched towards Nottingham?

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300

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What happened to the Pentridge radicals as they tried to march?

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Rebels were intercepted by a regiment of soldiers before they could reach the city; many fled but 80 were arrested

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Who published a detailed investigation that exposed the government informant’s role in the Pentridge rising?

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‘Leeds Mercury’

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How were the Pentridge radicals punished?

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14 men were transported and Brandreth, along with 2 others, was hanged and beheaded in public

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54
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When was Peterloo?

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16 August 1819

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55
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Why were radical activities dampened down in 1818?

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Actions taken by the government in 1816-7; some improvements in economy

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56
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When did Henry Hunt stand for election to parliament?

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1818

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Why was Henry Hunt defeated when he stood for parliament?

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His advocacy of parliamentary reform was unpopular with electorate

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58
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When did the Political Register cease publication?

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1817, after Cobbett fled to the USA

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59
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Where did Peterloo take place?

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Saint Peter’s Fields in Manchester

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Why did significant protest take place in Manchester in 1819?

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City and its surrounding mill towns provided fertile ground for working-class radicalism to flourish; long tradition of trade unionism in the region

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What exemplified the working-class activity in Manchester?

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March of the Blanketeers in 1817- badly organised attempt by Manchester textile workers to publicise their grievances

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62
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What did the radical activity in Manchester fluctuate with?

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Economic conditions

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What gave rise to a sustained campaign of mass meetings and demands for parliamentary reform in Manchester?

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Downturns in the textile industry in 1818

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Who was invited to address the gathering at Peterloo?

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Henry Hunt

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How many people turned up for Peterloo?

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80,000

66
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What did several groups carry to Peterloo?

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Banners calling for universal suffrage and annual parliaments

67
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How many people were killed at Peterloo?

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11

68
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How many people were injured at Peterloo?

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Over 500

69
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Who had been called in to arrest Hunt at Peterloo?

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Salford Yeomanry

70
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What did Peterloo provoke?

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Widespread national revulsion, leading to several outbreaks of sporadic rioting and further growth of political unions

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When was the Battle of Waterloo?

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1815

72
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When were there isolated outbreaks of violence in Britain?

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1820-21

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Who relied on local magistrates to maintain order in towns and cities?

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Pitt in the 1790s; Liverpool in the post-war years

74
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What had been achieved in the first 30 years of radical activity and progress?

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Much in terms of organisation and political education of the working class as a whole

75
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When had popular radicalism been virtually stamped out?

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1800

76
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What were the two serious problems post-war radicalism faced?

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Leadership; moral vs physical force

77
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When was radicalism largely the preserve of the middle classes?

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1790-99

78
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Why did the reform climate change in 1810?

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Radicals were better organised than before; ideas of reform were supported by people drawn from all social classes

79
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Why did political agitation die down until 1830?

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Economic difficulties of the post-war years were overcome

80
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When did the role of the magistrates increase in importance?

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From 1793, when Britain went to war against revolutionary France

81
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When was there a royal proclamation against seditious writings?

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1792

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When did the LCS and SCI send delegates to a meeting in Edinburgh to agree on the calling of a national reform convention?

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1793

83
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When did the reform societies regroup and announce the calling of a national reform convention?

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1794

84
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What were the LCS and SCI members who were arrested charged with?

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High treason

85
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How many members did the LCS have in its height?

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No more than 5,000

86
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When did the trials of the LCS and SCI members take place?

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End of 1794

87
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What did the prosecution claim that the LCS was planning to support the charge of high treason?

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Assassination of George III

88
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What happened to the defendants who had been charged with high treason?

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Acquitted

89
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What had Pitt proposed in 1785?

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Some limited measures of parliamentary reform

90
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What had convinced Pitt to abandon all his proposals of reform?

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Revolution; the French war

91
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What did the events of 1794 show?

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Just how seriously the government/Pitt took the threat of domestic unrest and opposition

92
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What did William Cobbett write many pamphlets about?

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Against the French wars

93
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What did Cobbett establish?

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‘Political Register’

94
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When did Cobbett become increasingly radical in outlook?

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1806

95
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Why was Cobbett sentenced to two years imprisonment?

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Seditious libel against the armed forces in 1810

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When did Cobbett decide to reach a much wider audience?

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1816

97
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How did Cobbett make the ‘Political Register’ available to a much wider audience?

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Issued a single sheet of the ‘Register’ for just two pence, which meant that the newspaper wouldn’t have to pay the high newspaper duty set by the government

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How many copies of Cobbett’s two-penny register had been printed and circulated by 1817?

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200,000

99
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When was Cobbett the most influential radical journalist in Britain?

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1800-20

100
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When did Hunt begin to gain a reputation for his brilliant oratory skills?

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1810

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How had Hunt managed to establish himself as one of the most important leaders of British radicalism by 1815?

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His many speeches opposing property taxes and the Corn Law of 1815

102
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What made Hunt different to Cartwright and Cobbett?

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Proposed universal suffrage at a mass meeting for the first time

103
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What was Hunt charged with after Peterloo?

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Promoting a seditious conspiracy; jailed for 2 1/2 years in 1820

104
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What made Cobbett believe more strongly that the British electoral system was corrupt?

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Stood for parliament in Honiton in 1806 and was not elected

105
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When did Cobbett move to the USA?

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1792

106
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When did Cobbett return to England after his time in America?

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1800

107
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What was the circulation of the ‘Register’ by 1805?

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4,000

108
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Up until 1800, what did Hunt support?

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Political and social outlook of men of his class- gave unqualified support to Pitt’s domestic and foreign policies

109
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What changed Hunt’s political outlook?

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Imprisoned 1799-1800 for defying the orders of the commander of his local militia; came into contact with radicals in prison

110
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What had the French war done to Britain’s overseas trade?

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Dislocated it, leading to rapidly rising unemployment in industrial towns

111
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Why was 1795 a difficult year for the country?

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Rapidly rising unemployment in industrial towns; poor harvests; inevitable rise in food prices

112
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What did the government use as a pretext to take strong action in 1795?

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Stones thrown at George III’s coach

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What had persuaded ministers to amend the treason law in order to strengthen their powers against radicalism?

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Failure of 1794 treason trials

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Treason Act 1795

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Made it an offence to kill, or even to harm, the king; anybody outside parliament who called for parliamentary reform could be charged with treason

115
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What was the Treason Act 1795 accompanied by?

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Seditious Meetings Act 1795

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Seditious Meetings Act 1795

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Restricted size of public meetings to 50 people, unless they were approved in advance by the magistrates

117
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What do some historians see the 1790s as?

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Decade of repression imposed by Pitt’s government, in alliance with the magistrates

118
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What damaged radical activity throughout the years of the Napoleonic wars?

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Development of patriotic feeling

119
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When were the Gagging Acts?

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1817

120
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In the post-war years, up until when did Lord Liverpool’s government face a number of serious challenges to its authority?

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1819

121
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Why did the return of peace post-France not lead to immediate improvement in the country’s economy?

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Poor harvests; after a brief post-war boom, economy fell into depression; rising unemployment

122
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How many troops were demobilised after the wars in France?

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300,000

123
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Why did the government do little to alleviate the stress of the post-war years?

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Laissez-faire belief that economy would revive in time, without need for government intervention

124
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What did the radical activities of 1815-7 lead ministers to believe?

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Existence of a broad national revolutionary conspiracy

125
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What were the three measures Liverpool’s government passed designed to combat radical activity during 1817?

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Treason Act 1795 made a permanent measure; habeas corpus suspended for all those suspected of treasonable activities; Seditious Meetings Act 1817

126
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When was the Treason Act 1795 due to lapse?

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On the death of George III

127
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Seditious Meetings Act 1817

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Justices of the Peace were given the power to attend any public meeting and disperse it if they considered it unlawful; societies with a secret oath were banned outright; all Spencean clubs were suppressed by name

128
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How successful were the Gagging Acts 1817?

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Succeeded in their aim of quelling unrest in the short term, especially in London

129
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When did most of the terms of the Gagging Acts lapse?

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1818

130
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When did the government meet to consider Lord Sidmouth’s proposals to prevent similar events to Peterloo?

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End of 1819

131
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What was Lord Sidmouth’s role in 1919?

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Home Secretary

132
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When were the Six Acts?

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1819

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Six Acts 1819

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Unlawful Drilling Act; Seizure of Arms Act; Misdemeanours Act; Seditious Meetings Prevention Act; Criminal Libel Act; Stamp Duties Act

134
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Which element of the Six Acts was most strongly opposed by Whig opposition?

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Seditious Meetings Prevention Act

135
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When was the Seditious Meetings Prevention Act repealed?

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1824

136
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How effective were the Six Acts?

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Had desired effect- calm was soon restored and there would not be another Peterloo; the crisis years of 1815-19 would not be repeated

137
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Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

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‘Declaration of the Rights of Man’ 1791-92- applauded changes taking place in France; rallied against unearned privilege and wealth; advocated sweeping reforms and universal manhood suffrage

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Edmund Burke (1729-97)

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‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’ 1790; not opposed to reform but appalled by violence in France; celebrated rule by monarchy and aristocracy

139
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Why was Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’ part two so popular?

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Written in an accessible style; sold cheaply

140
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How many copies of ‘Rights of Man’ part two were sold in a year?

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200,000

141
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Why was Paine’s writing so important?

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Political debate was no longer limited to the landed classes

142
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Who did many people see the Seditious Writings Act 1792 as an attack on?

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Thomas Paine

143
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Who published ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Man’ 1790 in response to Edmund Burke?

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Mary Wollstonecraft

144
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When was the Hampden Club formed in London?

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1812

145
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Who were the Hampden Clubs named after?

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John Hampden, one of the leading opponents of Charles I in the English Civil War

146
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Why was the London Hampden Club so exclusive?

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High annual subscription of 2 guineas

147
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When did Cartwright tour the industrial districts of the north and the Midlands?

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After 1812

148
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When did Cartwright encourage the creation of regional Hampden Clubs?

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1816

149
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Who founded the Hampden Clubs?

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Major John Cartwright

150
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How were the regional Hampden clubs different from the London one?

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Membership was open to all who could pay a weekly subscription of one penny; frequent meetings took place

151
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What did the Hampden Clubs effectively replace?

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LCS

152
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When was LCS disbanded?

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1794

153
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When was LCS formally outlawed by the government?

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1799

154
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Why did Cartwright encourage the creation of regional Hampden Clubs?

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Saw firsthand the widespread poverty and poor living conditions that existed in the cotton towns

155
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What did the rapid growth in the popularity of the regional Hampden Clubs persuade Cartwright and the others to do?

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Invite local delegates to a plenary meeting in London in 1817 to settle matters of policy

156
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What did delegates at the Hampden Club plenary meeting decide on?

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Universal suffrage; annual parliaments; approved a broad policy of petitioning parliament

157
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From when were the Hampden Clubs unable to act effectively?

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1817

158
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Why were the Hampden Clubs no longer able to act effectively?

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Magistrates arrested club members, charging them with attending seditious meetings- local leaders were arrested in 1817 and sent to prison in London, only to be released without charge a few months later

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