Causes Of 1832 Reform Act Flashcards
What are the 3 factors for this question?
Political Attitudes
Failures of old systems
Protests
Political attitudes
When was the first reform bill? What did it do?
March 1831
Redistributed 100 rotten boroughs
Political attitudes
When was the second reform bill? Votes?
July 1831
Passed 136 votes, rejected by 41 in the House of Lords
Political attitudes
Why were the Whigs reforming?
Following the collapse of Wellingtons Tory Gov in 1830 (formation of Ultra Tories due to his decision to grant Catholic emancipation in 1829) Earl Grey was eager to be more liberal to gain votes
Failures of old systems
Which new industrial towns lacked MPs?
Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds
Failures of Old Systems
By 1831, what was the population of Lancashire and Cornwall? How many MPs did both have?
L: 1.3 million - 14 MPs
C: 300,000 - 42 MPs
Failure of old systems
What area had 2 MPs but no people?
Old Sarum
Failures of old systems
What proportion of elections were uncontested?
2/3
Protests
When was Days of May? What caused it? How many attended? Who led it?
May 1832
The tories blocking the third reform bill
200,000 attended
BPU - Attwood
Protests
Which French rev scared government into reform in 1832? How many died?
1830
800 Parisians and 200 soldiers
Protests
Swing riots - how much arson damage
100,000£
(Note this contributes towards fear of revolution, not towards government granting middle class the vote)
