Government response to radicals

Question 1

What was suspended from 1794-95?

Answer 1

Habeus corpus (the right to a fair trial)

Question 2

What was the Treason Act 1795?

Answer 2

confirmed that assaults against the King were high treason. Also restricted publications of protest pamphlets.

Question 3

What was the Seditious Meeting Act 1795?

Answer 3

Banned public meetings of over 50 people

Question 4

What was the Combination Act 1799?

Answer 4

Banned the existence of any trade union or political society which promoted political reform.

Question 5

What was introduced in 1797 to control the media?

Answer 5

Stamp Tax. Made newspapers harder to afford so the less well off could not afford them

Question 6

What was introduced in 1798 to control the media?

Answer 6

The Newspaper Regulation Act which forced newspapers to register with the aim of limiting their ability to publish critical articles.

Question 7

What were the Gagging Acts 1817?

Answer 7

Made the Treason Act and Seditious Meeting Act permanent and also suspended habeus corpus.

Question 8

What were the Six Acts, 1819?

Answer 8

Following Peterloo, these were passed to prevent more reformist action.

The training prevention Act
The Seizure of Arms Act
The Seditious Meeting Act
The Blasphemous and Seditious Libels Act
Misdemeanours Act
The Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act