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1
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Quakers form an organisation to petition against the slave trade?

A

1783

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2
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Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade’s formation?

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1787

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3
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William Pitt’s first attempt to introduce parliamentary reform?

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1785

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4
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First poor law?

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1601

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5
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First anti-slave trade petitions to parliament?

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1787-1788 (100+ petitions)

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6
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When was the Dolben Act?

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1788

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7
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French Revolution?

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1789

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8
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Wilberforce’s first abolition speech to Parliament?

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1789

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9
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Haitian Revolution?

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1791

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10
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First abolition bill?

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1791

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11
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‘Rights of Man’ by Thomas Paine?

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1792

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12
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Start of Napoleonic Wars?

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1793

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13
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Friendly Societies Act?

A

1793

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14
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Sugar boycott?

A

1790s

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15
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First suspension of Habeus Corpus?

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1794

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16
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Speenhamland system?

A

1795

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17
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Robert Owen starts New Lanark?

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1799

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18
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Combination acts?

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1799 and 1800

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19
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Death of William Pitt?

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1806

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20
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Death of John Newton?

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1807

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21
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Abolition of the slave trade?

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1807

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22
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800 banks in the UK?

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1808

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23
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Luddite protests?

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1811

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24
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12,000 troops sent to Yorkshire to stop industrial violence?

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1812

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Framebreaking Act (Anti-Luddites)?
1812
26
Corn Laws?
1815
27
March of Blanketeers (and end of Luddites)?
1817
28
Peterloo Massacre?
1819
29
Master and Servant Act?
1823
30
Combination acts repealed?
1824
31
Re-modelling of penal code?
1825-1828
32
Co-operative newspaper first published?
1827
33
Death of Lord Liverpool?
1828
34
Catholic emancipation?
1829
35
Start of Ten hour movement?
1830
36
Swing riots?
1830
37
George IV dies?
1830
38
First reform act?
1832
39
First royal commission on poor relief?
1832
40
Abolition of slavery?
1833
41
Factory act (reducing child labour hours)?
1833
42
Poor law amendment act?
1834
43
Tolpuddle Martyrs doing their thang?
1834
44
Municipal corporations act?
1835
45
London Working Men's Association?
1836
46
People's charter issued?
1838
47
Newport Rising?
1839
48
First Chartist petition (1 million signatures)?
1839
49
Mining Act?
1842
50
Second Chartist petition (3 million signatures)?
1842
51
Rochdale Pioneers?
1844
52
Peel's further factory reform?
1844
53
Andover Workhouse Scandal?
1845
54
Corn laws repealed?
1846
55
Ten hours act?
1847
56
First public health act?
1848
57
Great Exhibition?
1851
58
Amalgamated Society of engineers founded?
1851
59
First strike action by ASE?
1852
60
Burial acts?
1852, 1854 and 1857?
61
Factory act (extends hours for 8-13 year olds)?
1853
62
Second Friendly Societies act (protecting funds)?
1855
63
Liberals fail with reform bill?
1859
64
London Trades Council?
1860
65
Co-operative Wholesale Society?
1863
66
Hyde Park Riots?
1866
67
Second reform act?
1867
68
Trade Union Congress?
1868
69
Trade union act?
1871
70
Secret ballot act?
1872
71
Factory act (women's hours)?
1874
72
Compulsory schooling?
1875
73
Second public health act?
1875

Britain c1785-1875 (6 decks)

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