End of Year Revision (Y8)

Question 1

in what year was the great reform act?

Answer 1

1832

Question 2

How many died in the peterloo massacre?

Answer 2

15

Question 3

How many people were injured in the peterloo massacre?

Answer 3

600

Question 4

What are the six demands of the Chartists?

Answer 4

Paid mps, secret voting, every man over 21 has a vote, mps do not own land,constituences of equal size,annual elections

Question 5

What is a rotten borough?

Answer 5

A tiny constituency with a small populationg where mps were easy to bribe

Question 6

What is a pocket borough?

Answer 6

A constituency where all the voting is controlled by the landowner (he has the voting in his pocket)

Question 7

What was the motto of the Chartists?

Answer 7

Forcibly if we can; peacably if we must

Question 8

What was the suffragette’s motto?

Answer 8

Deeds not words

Question 9

When was the East India Company created?

Answer 9

1600

Question 10

At what time was the east india company using its army to wage war against local indian leaders?

Answer 10

1750s

Question 11

What did william watts do?

Answer 11

He tricked Mir Jafar into promising that he wouldn’t attack British troops in battle. Then he invaded them. They didn’t attack back, but afterwards he gave Mir Jafar control over Bengal

Question 12

Why did the british empire decline?

Answer 12

decolonization, independence, mass movements, and the cold war.

Question 13

List the names of all the abolitionists we did in class

Answer 13

Thomas clarkson,Touissant L’ouverture,Olidauh Equiano,William Wilburforce,Granville Sharp,Mary Wollenstoncroft

Question 14

What did Thoman Clarkson do to contribute to the abolition movement?

Answer 14

• went to slave ships to gather information
• used the beautiful handcrafted goods to show that the africans were skilled
• used his box full of goods as a visual aid to his lectures

Question 15

What did Olidauh Equiano do to contribute to the abolition movement?

Answer 15

-Wrote about his experiences as a slave

Question 16

What did William Wilburforce do to contribute to the abolition movement?

Answer 16

• He was an english politician

- he tried to abolish slavery in parliament

Question 17

What did Granville Sharp do to contribute to the abolition movement?

Answer 17

After seeing a slave beaten by his owner, he got the slave a job in the city. He made it his mission to defend them. He started a campaign against slavery

Question 18

What did Touissant L’ouverturedo to contribute to the abolition movement?

Answer 18

He led the Haiti Slave revolt, scaring plantation owners and showing slaves they could revolt too

Question 19

What did Mary Wollenstoncroft do to contribute to the abolitionist movement?

Answer 19

She hated sexism and racism, and wanted slaves to enjoy their birthright.