Fact test 2 Flashcards
What is Pitt’s leadership known as in the 1780s?
National Revival
What did the Commutation act do?
Reduced tax on tea from 199% to 25%, followed by wine & spirits
Raised tax yield on wine by 63%, spirits by 29% and tobacco 39%
What did peel become in the 1822 cabinet reshuffle?
Home Secretary
When did peel become home secretary?
The 1822 cabinet reshuffle
What did peel pass as home secretary?
Gaols act 1823 and removed 180 capital punishments
Who led the catholic association?
Daniel O’Connell, he won the country clare election in 1828
Why did Wellington and Peel feel forced into catholic emancipation?
Due to the risk of civil war in Ireland
What were the terms of catholic emancipation?
Raised the qualification to vote to £10, which excluded 80,000 voters
What did the tories split into after the emancipation?
Canningite and Ultra tories
Who were the Tolpuddle Martyrs
A group of dorset men who formed an illegal trade union
They were transported to Australia but later pardoned by Lord John Russell.
How many people attended the GNCTU protest in Kings Cross?
100,000
When were the workhouses brought in and what did they aim to do?
1834 to standardise poor relief across the country. They were designed to be unpleasant, known as the less eligibility test
Which workhouse had the famous scandal?
Andover
What did peel scrap as part of his 1842 budget?
Income Tax, was a three year temporary measure
What did Peel survive in 1844?
The sugar crisis, when reducing import restrictions of non-colonial sugar.
What did Peel’s 1844 bank charter act do?
regulated banks and made the bank of England central bank
What did Peel’s 1844 companies act do?
Forced companies to register and publish annual account
When did Germany split and what into?
1949,
East = GDR
West = FRG
Who was the first leader of the FRG?
Adenauer, he favoured unification with the West
When was NATO formed?
1949
When did the FRG join NATO?
1953, following the East German uprising
What motivated the West to rearm germany?
The fall of china 1949 and the start of the Korean war 1950
What did the 1952 Stalin Note propose?
A unified neutral Germany, but the west ignored it?
When was the East German uprising and how many people were arrested/ executed?
June 1953
25,000 arrested
400 executed
The uprising ended any hope of reunification
