Dates Flashcards
French Revolution
1789
War with France
1793
Speenhamland system
1795
New Lanark and who?
1799 Robert Owen
Combination acts
1800
Abolition of slave trade
1807
End of napoleonic wars
1815
Peterloo massacre
1819
Great reform act
1832
Abolition of slavery
1833
Factory act passed
1833
Growth in trade unions
1834
Tolpuddle martyrs
1834
Poor law amendment act
1834
Municipal corporations act
1835
London working men’s association
1836
Chartism begins
1838
First chartist petition
1839
Newport rising
1839
Second chartist petition
1842
Plug plot
1842
Chartists on trial
1843
Rochdale pioneers
1844
Chartist land plan
1845
Andover workhouse scandal
1846
Ten hour act passed
1847
Third chartist petition
1848
Chartist convention
1848
Public health act
1848
ASE founded
1851
Self help published
1859
Chartism ends
1860
Reform act
1867
Trade unions congress
1868
Six points of chartism
Vote for men over 21 MPs get paid Mp property requirement gone Secret ballad Better voting constituencies Election every year
Reasons for chartism failure
Poor leadership Division over tactics Lack of coordination Improving economic conditions Firm action by government Lack of middle class support