Growth Of Democracy

Question 1

1780

Answer 1

Society for Constitutional Information is established

Question 2

1783

Answer 2

End of the American War- William Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister and unsuccessfully proposes moderate reforms to Parliament

Question 3

1785

Answer 3

William Pitt tries to introduce Parliamentary reform but is defeated again- End of the American War of Independence

Question 4

1787

Answer 4

US Constitution created

Question 5

1789

Answer 5

French Revolution

Question 6

1790

Answer 6

Publication of Reflections of the Revolution in France

Question 7

1792

Answer 7

Publication of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man

Question 8

1793

Answer 8

Napoleonic Wars begin

Question 9

1795

Answer 9

Speenhamland Welfare System adopted

Question 10

1799

Answer 10

Robert Owen takes over the mills at New Lanark

Question 11

1800

Answer 11

Combination Acts passed

Question 12

1804

Answer 12

Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of France

Question 13

1807

Answer 13

Abolition of the slave trade

Question 14

1812

Answer 14

Lord Liverpool becomes Prime Minister of a new Tory Government

Question 15

1815

Answer 15

End of the Napoleonic Wars with France- Passage of Corn Laws

Question 16

1816

Answer 16

Riots in Islington break out- Harvests fail after a very poor summer- William Cobbett reduces the price of his radical newspaper Cobbett’s Political Register

Question 17

1817

Answer 17

March of The Blanketeers- The Derbyshire Rebellion leas by Jeremiah Brandreth

Question 18

1819

Answer 18

Peterloo Massacre- Passage of the ‘Six Acts’ that strengthened the hand of Government when dealing with discontent

Question 19

1820

Answer 19

The failure of Cato Street Conspiracy sees the end of significantly radical reform attempts

Question 20

1828

Answer 20

Death of Lord Liverpool

Question 21

1829

Answer 21

Catholic Emancipation

Question 22

1832

Answer 22

Great Reform Act passed- Whigs win the General Election

Question 23

1833

Answer 23

Abolition of slavery – Factory Act passed

Question 24

1834

Answer 24

Poor Law Amendment Act passed- Tolpuddle Martyrs tried

Question 25

1835

Answer 25

Municipal Corporations Act is passed reforming local Government in towns

Question 26

1836

Answer 26

The London Working Men’s Association is established

Question 27

1838

Answer 27

People’s Charter published- Chartism begins

Question 28

1839

Answer 28

First Chartist petition- Armed rising in Newport

Question 29

1842

Answer 29

Second Chartist petition- Plug Plot Riots take place

Question 30

1844

Answer 30

Rochdale Pioneers founded

Question 31

1845

Answer 31

Chartist Land Plan drawn up

Question 32

1846

Answer 32

Andover Workhouse Scandal

Question 33

1847

Answer 33

Ten Hours Act passed

Question 34

1848

Answer 34

Public Health Act passed- Third Chartist Petition- Kennington Common Rally

Question 35

1851

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Amalgamated Society of Engineers founded- The great Exhibition takes place in London- The first ‘Model Unions’ are established

Question 36

1858

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Property qualifications for MPs removed- The radical John Bright begins a speaking tour of Britain

Question 37

1859

Answer 37

Samuel Smiles publishes Self Help

Question 38

1860

Answer 38

Chartism ends

Question 39

1861

Answer 39

Start of American Civil War

Question 40

1864

Answer 40

The Middle Class Reform Union is founded

Question 41

1865

Answer 41

American Civil War ends- The largely skilled working class Reform League is founded

Question 42

1866

Answer 42

Hyde Park riots

Question 43

1867

Answer 43

Second Reform Act passed- death of Lord Palmerston

Question 44

1868

Answer 44

William Gladstone becomes Prime Minister for the first time

Question 45

Parliamentary System

Answer 45

people elect representatives to sit on their behalf in Parliament, the Gov is then drawn from party that has a majority in Parliament.

Question 46

Democracy

Answer 46

originates from Greek words demos, meaning people, and kratos, meaning power. Promotes the idea that political authority is only legitimate when the people are able to make their own choices.

Question 47

Codified

Answer 47

something that has been written down in a clearly organised way

Question 48

Constitution

Answer 48

collection of principles on how a state organises Gov

Question 49

Patronage

Answer 49

sponsoring someone’s ambitions either by funding them or using influence to promote them

Question 50

Secret Ballot

Answer 50

method of voting where votes are cast anonymously

Question 51

Pocket Borough

Answer 51

could be easily manipulated or controlled by the prominent family of the area by coercion or bribery

Question 52

Rotten Borough

Answer 52

small towns that used to be prominent in the Middle Ages, still retained their two MPs because of their past importance

Question 53

‘Whigs’ and ‘Tories’

Answer 53

terms for the different political factions after 17th Century. Both shared a gentrified background but become more defined post 1784 as they became e more partisan. ‘Tories’ became more associated with religious intolerance, while ‘Whigs’ supported the financial interests of the middle class

Question 54

Sedition

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use of speeches to encourage rebellion

Question 55

Laissez-faire

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says government should have no control over economic matters. Markets should be free, and people should be able to trade as they want

Question 56

Gross National Product

Answer 56

total value of services and products that a country produces in one year

Question 57

Jacobinism

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described individuals who wanted to promote ideas such as equality and prepared to use violence to reach their goal. Came from the Jacobin Club or the Society of Friends and Constitution from the start of the French Revolution

Question 58

Hunger Politics

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economic hardship as the cause for unrest. When people are gainfully employed, they have sufficient money to support their families. When they don’t protest are more frequent

Question 59

Two-party System

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elected government that is dominated by two parties. Under such systems the parties usually take turns in forming Govs, depending on the outcome of the election

Question 60

‘Adullamites’

Answer 60

biblical reference to the discontented Israelites who sought refuge from Saul in the cave of Adullam. Became a label for those who disliked Gladstone’s reform proposals in 1866