Jan 25 Test Week

Question 1

What are the 3 factors?

Answer 1

The emergence of the middle class, the French Revolution, and increasing problems/resentment.

Question 2

When did the middle class emerge?

Answer 2

The late 18th century

Question 3

Were the middle class more conservative or liberal?

Answer 3

Conservative

Question 4

When were the Corn Laws passed?

Answer 4

1815

Question 5

What did the Corn Laws do?

Answer 5

Prohibit the import of foreign corn until the price reached 10 shillings a bushel.

Question 6

Why did the middle class dislike the Corn Laws?

Answer 6

The aristocratic landowners benefitted whilst they had to increase wages to make sure their workers could afford enough food to be healthy.

Question 7

When was the French Revolution?

Answer 7

1789

Question 8

When was the SSCI formed?

Answer 8

1791

Question 9

Which society does SSCI stand for?

Answer 9

Sheffield Society for Constitutional Information

Question 10

When was the LCS formed?

Answer 10

1792

Question 11

Which society does LCS stand for?

Answer 11

London Corresponding Society

Question 12

Name the angriest pen pals of the 18th century.

Answer 12

Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine

Question 13

What was Burke’s pamphlet called?

Answer 13

Reflections on the Revolutions in France

Question 14

What was Paine’s angry response to Burke?

Answer 14

The Rights of Man

Question 15

Prove that The Rights of Man was popular with a fun fact.

Answer 15

By 1793 it had sold more than 200,000 copies.

Question 16

Which political party dominated the period?

Answer 16

The Tory party

Question 17

What percentage of the population was represented by the pre-reform system?

Answer 17

Less than 5%

Question 18

What was the nickname for the political system?

Answer 18

Old Corruption

Question 19

Which PM tried to put through a few reforms?

Answer 19

William Pitt

Question 20

How many votes were Pitt’s reforms defeated by?

Answer 20

74

Question 21

When did Napoleon’s blockade start?

Answer 21

1806

Question 22

When was the war with the USA?

Answer 22

1812

Question 23

What did national debt increase from and to?

Answer 23

£238 to 902 million

Question 24

Prove the end of the US war was bad for soldiers with a fun fact.

Answer 24

200,000 returned home without jobs.

Question 25

Prove the end of the US war was bad for workers with a fun fact.

Answer 25

7,000 iron workers in Shropshire lost their jobs.

Question 26

Compare the average earnings of two time periods.

Answer 26

Lower in 1815-19 than 1780.

Question 27

When was income tax abolished?

Answer 27

1816

Question 28

What was so bad about abolishing income tax?

Answer 28

It taxed the rich - common foods were now taxed instead.

Question 29

Compare indirect taxes in two time periods.

Answer 29

Higher after 1816 than in the 1790s.

Question 30

Gov. income from indirect taxes in the 1790s?

Answer 30

16-17 mill

Question 31

Gov. income from indirect taxes after 1816?

Answer 31

50-60 mill

Question 32

What are the three interesting years for population?

Answer 32

1801, 1811, 1821

Question 33

Population in 1801?

Answer 33

10.5 mill

Question 34

Population in 1811?

Answer 34

12 mill

Question 35

Population in 1821?

Answer 35

14.1 mill

Question 36

Prove that the population was young with a fun fact.

Answer 36

By 1821, 48% were under 15.

Question 37

What was the problem with some jobs?

Answer 37

High seasonal unemployment.

Question 38

Compare poor relief between two years.

Answer 38

Higher in 1817 than in 1775.

Question 39

Poor relief in 1775?

Answer 39

2 mill

Question 40

Poor relief in 1817?

Answer 40

8 mill

Question 41

Name the Ludo Legislation and when it was passed.

Answer 41

Game Laws, 1816

Question 42

Which piece of legislation was the result of the Spa Field Riots and when was it?

Answer 42

The suspension of Habeas Corpus in 1817.

Question 43

What was the number blocks legislation called and when was it implemented?

Answer 43

Six Acts, 1816

Question 44

When was the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 44

1819

Question 45

Where was the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 45

St Peter’s Fields

Question 46

How many died during the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 46

11

Question 47

How many were injured during the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 47

400-600

Question 48

Which group of people tried to march to London?

Answer 48

The Blanketeers

Question 49

When was the Blanketeer March?

Answer 49

1817

Question 50

What happened to the Blanketeers?

Answer 50

One was shot dead and several were wounded.

Question 51

Name 2 spies.

Answer 51

George Edwards and Oliver

Question 52

Which plot was George Edwards involved in?

Answer 52

The Cato Street Conspiracy

Question 53

When was the Cato Street Conspiracy?

Answer 53

February 1820

Question 54

Which plot was Oliver involved in?

Answer 54

The Pentrich Rebellion

Question 55

When was the Pentrich Rebellion?

Answer 55

1817