JT organised protests

Question 1

time line of acts

Answer 1

1807 slave trade act
1833 abolition act
1833 factory workers act
1842 mines act
1846 corn laws repealed

Question 2

what were corn laws what was the reult

Answer 2

introduced by governement to control price of wheat resulted in expensive bread but helped landowners

Question 3

what was anti corn law league

Answer 3

john bright richard cobden mps who won support of prime minister

Question 4

why was a repeal needed

Answer 4

bad harvest led to 1845 famine so prime minister Peel able to convince parliament to repeal corn laws in 1846

Question 5

what was the significance of corn law repeal

Answer 5

1st time governement had acted in interest of poor

Question 6

who led antislavery movemnt

Answer 6

william wilburforce

Question 7

what were abolishionsts motivsted by

Answer 7

religious beliefs

Question 8

how did abolitionists protest

Answer 8

pamphlets pertitions speaking in parliament

Question 9

what contributed to abolition

Answer 9

price of sugar fell so became expensive to keep slaves slave rebellions threatened lives of plantation owners.

Question 10

name slave rebellion

Answer 10

st dominique in 1804

Question 11

what was working conditions in factory like

Answer 11

dangerous and terrible

Question 12

who tried to improve factory conditions

Answer 12

robert owen - introduced 8 hour day and school for child workers
titus salt built town next to mills for mill workers
george cadbry created mode3l town introduced pensions and welfare schemes
lord shaftsbury - stopped women and children going down mines

Question 13

did workers like reforms

Answer 13

no if they restricted the amount of time they could worl

Question 14

long term significane of such groups (4)

Answer 14

pressure groups existed and tried to influence government
improved rights for the ordinary
impact on human rights
peaceful reform was successful and inspired others like suffragetes

Question 15

how did britain make money from slavery

Answer 15

capture and transport slaves, traded guns glass and iron for slaves

Question 16

what were conditions like on slave ships and on plantations

Answer 16

dreadful 1/3 of slaves died during the crossing, if they tried to escape or didnt work hard enough they were punished

Question 17

when did wilberforce secure abolition and how

Answer 17

1777 petitions to parliament - had more signature that chartist petition

Question 18

what was the effect of abolition 1707

Answer 18

illegal to buy and sell slaves in british empire but could keep the ones they had