General Key Dates Flashcards
1
Q
French Revolution
A
1789
2
Q
War with France begins
A
1793
3
Q
Speenhamland Welfare Relief System adopted
A
1795
4
Q
Robert Owen takes over mills at New Lanark
A
1799
5
Q
Combination Acts passed
A
1800`
6
Q
Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France
A
1804
7
Q
Abolition of the Slave Trade
A
1807
8
Q
End of the Napoleonic Wars with France
A
1815
9
Q
Peterloo Massacre
A
1819
10
Q
Great Reform Act passed
A
1832
11
Q
`Abolition of slavery
A
1833
12
Q
Poorlaw Amendment Act passed
A
1834
13
Q
Toldpuddle Martyrs tried
A
1834
14
Q
People’s Charter published
A
1838
15
Q
Chartism begins
A
1838