Knowledge tests Flashcards
1
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Revolution
Define
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When there is an attempt by the people of a country to overturn their ruler
2
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Who was elegible to vote in Britain in the 1780s?
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People who owned land worth over 40 shillings/year
3
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How did Pitt become Prime Minister in 1783?
A
He was appointed by the King
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
5
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How much did Pitt reduce the national debt by between 1783-93
A
£10 Million
6
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French revolution
Which year did this take place?
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1789
7
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France decleares war on Britian
Which year did this take place?
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1793
8
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Enclosure
Define
A
The combination of one or more plots of farming land to create a field
9
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Name a key development in Agriculture between 1783-1812
A
-Advances in machenery
-Crop rotation
10
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Watt and Boulton
What invention are these people associated with
A
Steam engene
11
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John Winkinson
Who was this person
A
A factory owner
12
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What was different about New Lanark mills?
A
The (positive) way that they treated their workers
13
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Corrisponding societies
Define
A
Prodominatly working class political societies set up to encorage political discussion
14
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What widely adpoted system of poor releif was introduced in the 1790s?
A
Speenhamland system
15
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Approximately, what percentage of the workforce in factories were children?
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20%
16
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India Act (1784)
What did it do
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Establish dual control of India with the British Government and the East India Company
17
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What was the Civil List?
A
The money recivied by the Moarch from Government
18
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When did the French Revolution start?
A
5th May 1789
19
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Who was the leader of the United Irishmen?
A
Wolfe Tone
20
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Irish rebellion
Which year was this?
A
1789
21
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Who was King of England between 1760 and 1820?
A
KIng George III
22
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Constitutional monarchy
Define
A
A democracy that elects a parliament but power officially sits with the monarch
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
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
25
The monarch is financially dependent on...
the governement
26
What effect did the Glorious revolutuon have on the relationship between parliament and the monarh?
Bill of rights created
| (Parliament limited the monarchs power)
27
Why did MP's tend to be from the Landed Gentry in the 1780s?
There was no pay
28
Give an example on why the electoral process in Britain was corrupt/undemocratic?
.Boroughs were small and in insignificant areas
.Votes were public
29
Pocket borough
| Define this keyterm
Boroughs contolled by someone such as a local buisiness worker who 'had the voters in his pocket' due to thier dependednce on him
30
Give an example of a rotten borough
Dunwich
31
What were the major poliitical parties in the 18th century?
Tories and Whigs
32
How often were general elections in the 1780s?
Every 7 years
33
What impact did the loss of the American colonies have on Britain?
A decreased repulation/pride
34
Rotten Boroughs
| Define
A insignificant borough in which you can become an MP by buying the land and then voting for yourself
35
How did Pitt enter politics?
Via a rotten borough
36
What was Pitt and George III's relationship like?
Respectful
37
What was the Mince pie administration?
A term used by the Whigs to describe Pitt's early administration, which they did not believe would last past Christmas
38
Who had the majority in the 1784 general election?
Pitt
39
What was the main difference between the Whig's and Tories ideologically?
Whigs were more open to change than Tories
40
Why was the sinking fund one of Pitt's greatest financial sucsesses?
It lowered national debt by £10 Million
41
Rights of Man 1791
| Who wrote this?
Thomass Paine
42
Give an example of patronage used by George III
Made Pitt Prime Minister
43
What was Pitt's initial reaction to the French revolution?
Not overley concerned
44
What impact did the suspension of Habeas Corpus in 1794 have?
It allowed the authorities to arrest someone for an unlimited amount of time without naming a reason
45
Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790
| Who wrote this?
Edmund Burke
46
What acts did Pitt pass to attack corrisponding societies preventing political meetings?
Combination acts 1799/1800
47
When was the act of union?
1801
48
What was the impact of the act of union on Irish representation in parlimament?
Many Irish boroughs were disenfranchised
49
Why did Pitt resign in 1801?
His promise of Catholic Emancipication was rejected by the King
50
Who became prince regent in 1811?
George III
51
When did George III's son become prince regent?
1811
52
When did George III die?
1820
53
What was the impact of the act of union?
Irish UK formal union
Brought Britain and Ireland together causing the Irish Parliament to be abolished and merged with the British parliament
54
Name the treaty that halted the war with France in 1802
Treaty of Amines
55
When did Lord Liverpool become PM?
1812
56
What party did Lord Liverpool lead?
Tories
57
Corn Law 1815
| What were the terms?
Price limit to be on a sliding scale
| bigger harvest=higher tarrifs
58
Game laws
| When were these introduced
1816
59
What was the Peterloo Massacare?
Peaceful protest in Manchester which turned violent after Governement forces were release on protesters
60
Which year was the Peterloo Massacre?
1819
61
Which legislation was passed by Lord Liverpool as a result of the Peterloo Massacre?
Six acts
62
What was the Cato street conspiracy?
A plan to kill the entire Tory cabinet
63
What year was the Cato street conspiracy?
1820
64
What was the Political register also known as?
'Two penny trash'
65
Which radical leader published the Political register?
William Cobbitt
66
What year was the Queen Caroline Affair?
1820-1821
67
What was the Queen Caroline Affair?
Wanted status after King had banished her
came with list of demands
68
When did Lord Liverpool repeal income tax?
1816
69
Free Trade
| Define
Trade without Tarrifs
70
Cottage Industry
| Define
An industry made up of individuals making and selling items
71
Which more Liberal Tories entered the Cabinet during the early 1820's?
Huskington,Peel, Canning
72
What reforms were made by Lord Liverpools governemt in the 1820's?
Prision reform
Cobination act repeal
73
When did Pitt introduce the sinking fund?
1786
74
When was Catholic emancipication passed?
1829
75
Which prime minister passed catholic emancipication?
Wellington
76
Which organisation did Daniel O'Connell lead
Catholic association
77
What annual income did a county member standing for parliament have to have?
£600/£300
78
How many people's worth of food was an average farm worker producing by 1800?
4 people
79
When were the combination acts introduced?
1799/1800
80
In which year did the Spa Fields meeting take place?
1816
81
Who replaced Lord Liverpool as Prime Minister?
| (1827)
Canning
82
Which 1795 act prevented French agents from coming to Britain?
Aliens Act
83
Which year was Income tax first introduced?
1789
84
The 1815 corn law stipulated that no foreign corn could be imported until the home price reached what?
80 shillings
85
What was Catholic emancipation?
The right for Catholics to vote and sit in parliament
86
Which year was the Great Reform Act passed?
1832
87
Which Prime Minister passed the Great Reform Act?
Earl Grey
88
What was the Prime Ministers intentions in passing the Great Reform Act?
Update Britain's outdated Governmental system
89
Which party did Earl Grey lead?
Whigs
90
When did the Whig's come to power under Earl Grey?
1830
91
How did Urban Unrest contribute to the passing of the Great Reform Act?
Rioting in 1831 when the bill was first rejected convinced the Government of the Bill's importance
92
Give 3 problems with the political system prior to the Great Reform Act?
* Rotten/pocket boroughs
* High voting requirements
* New Industrial tows lacked representation in parliament
93
Give 3 positive changes introduced by the Great Reform Act
* Extended Franchise
* Abolition of Rotten Boroughs
* Parliamentry representation reallocated to new urban areas such as Liverpool
94
Give 3 problems that still existed following the passing of the Great Reform Act
* Lack of a secret vote
* Lack of Female franchise
* Different workloads for different MP's
95
Which class group benefitted the most form the passing of the Great Reform Act?
Middle Class
96
Define Franchise
The right to vote
97
What was thew May days crisis?
Period of significant social unrest after the third attempt to pass the Great Reform Act was blocked in the House of Lords
98
When were the corn laws introduced?
1815
99
When were the Combination acts repealed?
1824
100
Which year was Habeas Corpus suspended?
| Following an attack on the king's coach
1817
101
What position was held by Peel between 1822-27 and 1828-30?
Home secetry
102
Which measures were passed in 1819 in response to the exceptionally high levels of unrest?
Six acts
103
Which Prime Minister replaced Lord Liverpool?
Canning
104
Who was PM between 1828 and 1830?
Wellington
105
Who won the County Clare by-election?
O'connell
106
When were the Test and Corporations acts repealed?
1828
107
What did the Test and Corporation acts do?
Prevent non conformists from holding office
108
When was the Metropoliton police act passed?
1829
109
How much did Coal and pig Iorn prodution increase between 1815 and 1830?
It doubled
110
What percentage exports were textiles during the 1830's?
| (British)
70%
111
Which figure developed the hot-air blast furnice in 1828?
James Beaumont Neilson
112
Who was the engeneer of the Liverpool to Manchester line?
Stevenson
113
Which year did the Liverpool to Manchester line open?
1830
114
What was the first passenger railway to use steam locomotives?
Liverpool to Manchester railway
115
Who invented the threshing machene?
Meikle
116
Which year was the threshing machene invented?
1778
117
Which system of crop rotation was pioneered by Thomas Coke at Holkham Hall?
Norfolk system
118
What is the term used to define a doctorine where the state shouldnt interfear with the workings of the economy?
Laissez faire
119
Which 1823 act encoraged trade treaties with other countries under agreement of mutual tarriff reductions?
Reciprococy Act
120
When was the Reciprococy act passed?
1823
121
Which year was Britains first census?
1801
122
Which system of poor relief was viewed as largely unsatisfactory buy the 1830's?
Speenhamland system
123
What terms was used to describe the outbursts of machine-breaking that began in Nottinghamshire in 1811?
Luddism
124
Which orator and political reform supporter spoke at both Spa fields and St Peters fields?
Hunt
125
What was the series of disturbances and threats against landowneres in June 1830 known as?
Swing riots
126
Which philanthropist helped push through legislation to make the treatment of women more humane in prisions?
Elizabeth Fry
127
When was the Slave Trade Act passed?
1807
128
When was the abolition of slavery act passed?
1838
129
What was Fox's initial reaction to the French Revolution?
| (Leader of the Whigs)
"Greatest event to have ever happened"
130
Which year was *Reflections on the revolution in France* published?
1790
131
Which year was the Rights of Man first published?
1791
132
Who set up the London Corresponding Society in 1792?
Harding
133
When was the London Corresponding society set up by Harding?
1792
134
When was the French King, Louis XVI, executed?
1793
135
Which acts were passed by gevernment in reaction to the events in France 1792-95?
1. Sedicious meetings act
2. Treasonable preactices act
136
What impact did the French revolution have on Irish radicalism?
Increased
137
Which society was formed in 1791 Ireland?
United Irishmen
138
Which act was passed in 1793 in order to dampen catholic enthusiam for reform?
Catholic relief act
139
140
What occured in Ireland in 1798?
An uprising
141
What was the Levee en Masse act?
Required list of men that would be able to fight in a war if needed
142
When did Nelon beat the French?
| Battle of Trafalgar
1805
143
What were the Berlin and Milan decrees?
Declared Britain in a state of blockade
144
What was Britains response to the Berlin and Milan decrees?
To trade with other countries and establish a blockade the opposite way
145
When was the Battle of Waterloo?
1815
146
When did the Wars with France end?
1809
147
When did the Bank of England suspend payments in Gold?
1797
148
What did National debt stand at in 1801?
£456 million
149
What did the national debt stand at in 1815?
£876 million
150
In which year was Habeas corpus suspended after an attack on the Prince Regents coach?
1817
151
Who developed the Hot air blast furnace in 1828?
Nielson
152
Who was the engeneer of the First passenger railway(Liverpool to Manchester line)?
Robert/George Stephenson
153
What was the 1825 Amending Act?
Act wich meade trade unions unable to disrupt of intimidate, only negotiate
154
What was the key point of the Tamworth Manifesto?
Conservatives would reform but only gradually and when required
155
When was the Poor Law amendment act?
1834
156
What is the group of 6 laboureres who in 1834 travelled to Australia known as?
Tolpuddle Martyrs
157
When was the Municipal corporations act?
1835
158
What percentage of the Adult male population could vote after the Great Reform Act?
20%
159
When was the start of the Irish Famine?
1845
160
What was the Impact of the Corn Law repeal on the Conservatives?
Lost next election as landowners refused to vote for them
161
162
Give an example of a change to agriculture between 1832-1846?
Extended Enclosure
163
Give an example of continuity experienced by agriculture between 1832-46
Still employed farm labourers
164
Which locomotive started operation at Tyneside Colliery by 1812?
Puffing Billy
165
Which engeneer designed the Stockton to Darlington line in 1825?
Robert Stevenson
166
When did the First passenger railway line open?
1830
167
Why was the Railway a key development of the Industiral age?
Allowed faster movement of goods
| (benificial for the export market)
168
Who designed the Clifton suspension bridge and the 'Great Western' steam ship?
Brunel
169
Which entrepenur was known as 'The railway king'?
George Hudson
170
How many miles of Railway track were laid by 1832?
100
171
How many miles of railway were there in 1846?
4000
172
What impact did the Railway have on Agriculture?
It allowed for fresh produce to be deliverd to large population centers in order the be sold.
