General Key Dates Flashcards
French Revolution
1789
War with France begins
1793
Speenhamland Welfare Relief System adopted
1795
Robert Owen takes over mills at New Lanark
1799
Combination Acts passed
1800`
Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France
1804
Abolition of the Slave Trade
1807
End of the Napoleonic Wars with France
1815
Peterloo Massacre
1819
Great Reform Act passed
1832
`Abolition of slavery
1833
Poorlaw Amendment Act passed
1834
Toldpuddle Martyrs tried
1834
People’s Charter published
1838
Chartism begins
1838
Rochdale Pioneers founded
1844
Andover Workhouse scandal
1846
Ten Hours Act passed
1847
Public Health Act passed
1848
Amalgamated Society of Engineers founded
1851
Samuel Smiles publishes Self Help
1859
Chartism ends
1860
Second Reform Act passed
1867
Trade Union Congress founded
1868