Knowledge tests Flashcards

1
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Revolution

Define

A

When there is an attempt by the people of a country to overturn their ruler

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2
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Who was elegible to vote in Britain in the 1780s?

A

People who owned land worth over 40 shillings/year

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3
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How did Pitt become Prime Minister in 1783?

A

He was appointed by the King

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4
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Hovering Act (1787)

What did it do

A

Allowed the Government to search vessels up to 7 miles off the British coast

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5
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How much did Pitt reduce the national debt by between 1783-93

A

£10 Million

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6
Q

French revolution

Which year did this take place?

A

1789

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7
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France decleares war on Britian

Which year did this take place?

A

1793

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8
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Enclosure

Define

A

The combination of one or more plots of farming land to create a field

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9
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Name a key development in Agriculture between 1783-1812

A

-Advances in machenery
-Crop rotation

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10
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Watt and Boulton

What invention are these people associated with

A

Steam engene

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11
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John Winkinson

Who was this person

A

A factory owner

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12
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What was different about New Lanark mills?

A

The (positive) way that they treated their workers

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13
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Corrisponding societies

Define

A

Prodominatly working class political societies set up to encorage political discussion

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14
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What widely adpoted system of poor releif was introduced in the 1790s?

A

Speenhamland system

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15
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Approximately, what percentage of the workforce in factories were children?

A

20%

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16
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India Act (1784)

What did it do

A

Establish dual control of India with the British Government and the East India Company

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17
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What was the Civil List?

A

The money recivied by the Moarch from Government

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18
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When did the French Revolution start?

A

5th May 1789

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19
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Who was the leader of the United Irishmen?

A

Wolfe Tone

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20
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Irish rebellion

Which year was this?

A

1789

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21
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Who was King of England between 1760 and 1820?

A

KIng George III

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22
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Constitutional monarchy

Define

A

A democracy that elects a parliament but power officially sits with the monarch

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23
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‘The right to give privilages or to make appointments including rewards, honours and pensions’

Which keyword is this the definition of?

A

Patronage

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24
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‘The belief that a monarch rules by authority of God, not through the consent of the people’

Which keyword is this the definition of?

A

Devine right

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25
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The monarch is financially dependent on…

A

the governement

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26
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What effect did the Glorious revolutuon have on the relationship between parliament and the monarh?

A

Bill of rights created

(Parliament limited the monarchs power)

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27
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Why did MP’s tend to be from the Landed Gentry in the 1780s?

A

There was no pay

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28
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Give an example on why the electoral process in Britain was corrupt/undemocratic?

A

.Boroughs were small and in insignificant areas
.Votes were public

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29
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Pocket borough

Define this keyterm

A

Boroughs contolled by someone such as a local buisiness worker who ‘had the voters in his pocket’ due to thier dependednce on him

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30
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Give an example of a rotten borough

A

Dunwich

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31
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What were the major poliitical parties in the 18th century?

A

Tories and Whigs

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32
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How often were general elections in the 1780s?

A

Every 7 years

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33
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What impact did the loss of the American colonies have on Britain?

A

A decreased repulation/pride

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34
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Rotten Boroughs

Define

A

A insignificant borough in which you can become an MP by buying the land and then voting for yourself

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35
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How did Pitt enter politics?

A

Via a rotten borough

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36
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What was Pitt and George III’s relationship like?

A

Respectful

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37
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What was the Mince pie administration?

A

A term used by the Whigs to describe Pitt’s early administration, which they did not believe would last past Christmas

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38
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Who had the majority in the 1784 general election?

A

Pitt

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39
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What was the main difference between the Whig’s and Tories ideologically?

A

Whigs were more open to change than Tories

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40
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Why was the sinking fund one of Pitt’s greatest financial sucsesses?

A

It lowered national debt by £10 Million

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41
Q

Rights of Man 1791

Who wrote this?

A

Thomass Paine

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42
Q

Give an example of patronage used by George III

A

Made Pitt Prime Minister

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43
Q

What was Pitt’s initial reaction to the French revolution?

A

Not overley concerned

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44
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What impact did the suspension of Habeas Corpus in 1794 have?

A

It allowed the authorities to arrest someone for an unlimited amount of time without naming a reason

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45
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Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790

Who wrote this?

A

Edmund Burke

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46
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What acts did Pitt pass to attack corrisponding societies preventing political meetings?

A

Combination acts 1799/1800

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47
Q

When was the act of union?

A

1801

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48
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What was the impact of the act of union on Irish representation in parlimament?

A

Many Irish boroughs were disenfranchised

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49
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Why did Pitt resign in 1801?

A

His promise of Catholic Emancipication was rejected by the King

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50
Q

Who became prince regent in 1811?

A

George III

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51
Q

When did George III’s son become prince regent?

A

1811

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52
Q

When did George III die?

A

1820

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53
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What was the impact of the act of union?

A

Irish UK formal union

Brought Britain and Ireland together causing the Irish Parliament to be abolished and merged with the British parliament

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54
Q

Name the treaty that halted the war with France in 1802

A

Treaty of Amines

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55
Q

When did Lord Liverpool become PM?

A

1812

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56
Q

What party did Lord Liverpool lead?

A

Tories

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57
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Corn Law 1815

What were the terms?

A

Price limit to be on a sliding scale

bigger harvest=higher tarrifs

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58
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Game laws

When were these introduced

A

1816

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59
Q

What was the Peterloo Massacare?

A

Peaceful protest in Manchester which turned violent after Governement forces were release on protesters

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60
Q

Which year was the Peterloo Massacre?

A

1819

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61
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Which legislation was passed by Lord Liverpool as a result of the Peterloo Massacre?

A

Six acts

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62
Q

What was the Cato street conspiracy?

A

A plan to kill the entire Tory cabinet

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63
Q

What year was the Cato street conspiracy?

A

1820

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64
Q

What was the Political register also known as?

A

‘Two penny trash’

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65
Q

Which radical leader published the Political register?

A

William Cobbitt

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66
Q

What year was the Queen Caroline Affair?

A

1820-1821

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67
Q

What was the Queen Caroline Affair?

A

Wanted status after King had banished her
came with list of demands

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68
Q

When did Lord Liverpool repeal income tax?

A

1816

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69
Q

Free Trade

Define

A

Trade without Tarrifs

70
Q

Cottage Industry

Define

A

An industry made up of individuals making and selling items

71
Q

Which more Liberal Tories entered the Cabinet during the early 1820’s?

A

Huskington,Peel, Canning

72
Q

What reforms were made by Lord Liverpools governemt in the 1820’s?

A

Prision reform
Cobination act repeal

73
Q

When did Pitt introduce the sinking fund?

A

1786

74
Q

When was Catholic emancipication passed?

A

1829

75
Q

Which prime minister passed catholic emancipication?

A

Wellington

76
Q

Which organisation did Daniel O’Connell lead

A

Catholic association

77
Q

What annual income did a county member standing for parliament have to have?

A

£600/£300

78
Q

How many people’s worth of food was an average farm worker producing by 1800?

A

4 people

79
Q

When were the combination acts introduced?

A

1799/1800

80
Q

In which year did the Spa Fields meeting take place?

A

1816

81
Q

Who replaced Lord Liverpool as Prime Minister?

(1827)

A

Canning

82
Q

Which 1795 act prevented French agents from coming to Britain?

A

Aliens Act

83
Q

Which year was Income tax first introduced?

A

1789

84
Q

The 1815 corn law stipulated that no foreign corn could be imported until the home price reached what?

A

80 shillings

85
Q

What was Catholic emancipation?

A

The right for Catholics to vote and sit in parliament

86
Q

Which year was the Great Reform Act passed?

A

1832

87
Q

Which Prime Minister passed the Great Reform Act?

A

Earl Grey

88
Q

What was the Prime Ministers intentions in passing the Great Reform Act?

A

Update Britain’s outdated Governmental system

89
Q

Which party did Earl Grey lead?

A

Whigs

90
Q

When did the Whig’s come to power under Earl Grey?

A

1830

91
Q

How did Urban Unrest contribute to the passing of the Great Reform Act?

A

Rioting in 1831 when the bill was first rejected convinced the Government of the Bill’s importance

92
Q

Give 3 problems with the political system prior to the Great Reform Act?

A
  • Rotten/pocket boroughs
  • High voting requirements
  • New Industrial tows lacked representation in parliament
93
Q

Give 3 positive changes introduced by the Great Reform Act

A
  • Extended Franchise
  • Abolition of Rotten Boroughs
  • Parliamentry representation reallocated to new urban areas such as Liverpool
94
Q

Give 3 problems that still existed following the passing of the Great Reform Act

A
  • Lack of a secret vote
  • Lack of Female franchise
  • Different workloads for different MP’s
95
Q

Which class group benefitted the most form the passing of the Great Reform Act?

A

Middle Class

96
Q

Define Franchise

A

The right to vote

97
Q

What was thew May days crisis?

A

Period of significant social unrest after the third attempt to pass the Great Reform Act was blocked in the House of Lords

98
Q

When were the corn laws introduced?

A

1815

99
Q

When were the Combination acts repealed?

A

1824

100
Q

Which year was Habeas Corpus suspended?

Following an attack on the king’s coach

A

1817

101
Q

What position was held by Peel between 1822-27 and 1828-30?

A

Home secetry

102
Q

Which measures were passed in 1819 in response to the exceptionally high levels of unrest?

A

Six acts

103
Q

Which Prime Minister replaced Lord Liverpool?

A

Canning

104
Q

Who was PM between 1828 and 1830?

A

Wellington

105
Q

Who won the County Clare by-election?

A

O’connell

106
Q

When were the Test and Corporations acts repealed?

A

1828

107
Q

What did the Test and Corporation acts do?

A

Prevent non conformists from holding office

108
Q

When was the Metropoliton police act passed?

A

1829

109
Q

How much did Coal and pig Iorn prodution increase between 1815 and 1830?

A

It doubled

110
Q

What percentage exports were textiles during the 1830’s?

(British)

A

70%

111
Q

Which figure developed the hot-air blast furnice in 1828?

A

James Beaumont Neilson

112
Q

Who was the engeneer of the Liverpool to Manchester line?

A

Stevenson

113
Q

Which year did the Liverpool to Manchester line open?

A

1830

114
Q

What was the first passenger railway to use steam locomotives?

A

Liverpool to Manchester railway

115
Q

Who invented the threshing machene?

A

Meikle

116
Q

Which year was the threshing machene invented?

A

1778

117
Q

Which system of crop rotation was pioneered by Thomas Coke at Holkham Hall?

A

Norfolk system

118
Q

What is the term used to define a doctorine where the state shouldnt interfear with the workings of the economy?

A

Laissez faire

119
Q

Which 1823 act encoraged trade treaties with other countries under agreement of mutual tarriff reductions?

A

Reciprococy Act

120
Q

When was the Reciprococy act passed?

A

1823

121
Q

Which year was Britains first census?

A

1801

122
Q

Which system of poor relief was viewed as largely unsatisfactory buy the 1830’s?

A

Speenhamland system

123
Q

What terms was used to describe the outbursts of machine-breaking that began in Nottinghamshire in 1811?

A

Luddism

124
Q

Which orator and political reform supporter spoke at both Spa fields and St Peters fields?

A

Hunt

125
Q

What was the series of disturbances and threats against landowneres in June 1830 known as?

A

Swing riots

126
Q

Which philanthropist helped push through legislation to make the treatment of women more humane in prisions?

A

Elizabeth Fry

127
Q

When was the Slave Trade Act passed?

A

1807

128
Q

When was the abolition of slavery act passed?

A

1838

129
Q

What was Fox’s initial reaction to the French Revolution?

(Leader of the Whigs)

A

“Greatest event to have ever happened”

130
Q

Which year was Reflections on the revolution in France published?

A

1790

131
Q

Which year was the Rights of Man first published?

A

1791

132
Q

Who set up the London Corresponding Society in 1792?

A

Harding

133
Q

When was the London Corresponding society set up by Harding?

A

1792

134
Q

When was the French King, Louis XVI, executed?

A

1793

135
Q

Which acts were passed by gevernment in reaction to the events in France 1792-95?

A
  1. Sedicious meetings act
  2. Treasonable preactices act
136
Q

What impact did the French revolution have on Irish radicalism?

A

Increased

137
Q

Which society was formed in 1791 Ireland?

A

United Irishmen

138
Q

Which act was passed in 1793 in order to dampen catholic enthusiam for reform?

A

Catholic relief act

139
Q
A
140
Q

What occured in Ireland in 1798?

A

An uprising

141
Q

What was the Levee en Masse act?

A

Required list of men that would be able to fight in a war if needed

142
Q

When did Nelon beat the French?

Battle of Trafalgar

A

1805

143
Q

What were the Berlin and Milan decrees?

A

Declared Britain in a state of blockade

144
Q

What was Britains response to the Berlin and Milan decrees?

A

To trade with other countries and establish a blockade the opposite way

145
Q

When was the Battle of Waterloo?

A

1815

146
Q

When did the Wars with France end?

A

1809

147
Q

When did the Bank of England suspend payments in Gold?

A

1797

148
Q

What did National debt stand at in 1801?

A

£456 million

149
Q

What did the national debt stand at in 1815?

A

£876 million

150
Q

In which year was Habeas corpus suspended after an attack on the Prince Regents coach?

A

1817

151
Q

Who developed the Hot air blast furnace in 1828?

A

Nielson

152
Q

Who was the engeneer of the First passenger railway(Liverpool to Manchester line)?

A

Robert/George Stephenson

153
Q

What was the 1825 Amending Act?

A

Act wich meade trade unions unable to disrupt of intimidate, only negotiate

154
Q

What was the key point of the Tamworth Manifesto?

A

Conservatives would reform but only gradually and when required

155
Q

When was the Poor Law amendment act?

A

1834

156
Q

What is the group of 6 laboureres who in 1834 travelled to Australia known as?

A

Tolpuddle Martyrs

157
Q

When was the Municipal corporations act?

A

1835

158
Q

What percentage of the Adult male population could vote after the Great Reform Act?

A

20%

159
Q

When was the start of the Irish Famine?

A

1845

160
Q

What was the Impact of the Corn Law repeal on the Conservatives?

A

Lost next election as landowners refused to vote for them

161
Q
A
162
Q

Give an example of a change to agriculture between 1832-1846?

A

Extended Enclosure

163
Q

Give an example of continuity experienced by agriculture between 1832-46

A

Still employed farm labourers

164
Q

Which locomotive started operation at Tyneside Colliery by 1812?

A

Puffing Billy

165
Q

Which engeneer designed the Stockton to Darlington line in 1825?

A

Robert Stevenson

166
Q

When did the First passenger railway line open?

A

1830

167
Q

Why was the Railway a key development of the Industiral age?

A

Allowed faster movement of goods

(benificial for the export market)

168
Q

Who designed the Clifton suspension bridge and the ‘Great Western’ steam ship?

A

Brunel

169
Q

Which entrepenur was known as ‘The railway king’?

A

George Hudson

170
Q

How many miles of Railway track were laid by 1832?

A

100

171
Q

How many miles of railway were there in 1846?

A

4000

172
Q

What impact did the Railway have on Agriculture?

A

It allowed for fresh produce to be deliverd to large population centers in order the be sold.