Industrial Britain Key Dates old Flashcards
1
Q
Hampden clubs
A
1811
2
Q
Luddites
A
1811-1813
3
Q
Lord Liverpool becomes PM
A
1812
4
Q
Corn Laws
A
1815
5
Q
Truck Act
A
1819
6
Q
Waterloo
A
1815
7
Q
Spa Field Riot
A
1816
8
Q
Relief Act (religious toleration)
A
1812
9
Q
Factory Act
A
1819
10
Q
Free trade budgets
A
1824/25
11
Q
Habeas Corpus suspended
A
1817
12
Q
Peterloo massacre
A
1819
13
Q
Penal code reform
A
1824
14
Q
Repeal of combination acts
A
1822-24
15
Q
Combination acts
A
1799/1800
16
Q
Lord Liverpool resigns
A
1827
17
Q
Liverpool fails CA
A
1825
18
Q
Manchester Guardian
A
1821
19
Q
Blanketeers
A
1817
20
Q
Six Acts
A
1819
21
Q
Swing Riots
A
1830
22
Q
Passing of CA
A
1829
23
Q
Metropolitan police
A
1829
24
Q
Parliamentary reform
A
1831-32
25
William Pitt becomes PM
1783
26
Sinking fund
1786
27
Death of Pitt
1806
28
War with France
1793
29
Irish rebellion led by Wolfe stone
1798
30
Introduction of income tax
1798
31
Census
1801 10.9 million
| 1822 12.6 million
32
Output Pig iron increase
68,000 1788 to 250,000 tons in 1804
33
Output coal increase
7 million tons 1780s 16 million 1812
34
Wages increased
1788-92 to 1809-15..... 63.1%
35
Taxation increased
1793 and 1815
36
Turnpipe roads
1706
