Liverpool Test Flashcards
Which group attacked mills and broke machinery?
The Luddites
Which unpopular government policy protected domestic wheat prices?
The Corn law
When was the Corn Law passed?
1815
When was the Corn Law amended to a sliding scale?
1828
What caused a sharp increase in the supply of labour leading to unemployment?
Demobilisation/ peace with France
What was the name of Cartwright’s clubs which campaigned for all-male suffrage?
The Hampden Clubs
Which radical was nicknamed ‘orator’ and spoke at many mass meetings?
Henry Hunt
What was the mass meeting that ended in riots Dec 1816?
The Spa Field Riots
Who was the Spencean radical who led a group to the Tower of London?
Arthur Thistlewood
Who was the editor of the Political Register?
Cobett
What was the Political Register nicknamed?
Two penny trash
Which government spy was an agent provocateur in the Derbyshire Insurrection?
Oliver the spy
What March started at St Peter’s fields in 1817?
The March of the Blanketeers
What name was given to the meeting at St Peter’s fields near Manchester in 1819
The Peterloo Massacre
When did Liverpool first suspend the Habeus Corpus?
1817
What is the collective name for the acts passed in 1819?
The Six Acts
What was the revolutionary plot of 1820?
The Cato Street Conspiracy
When did Liverpool’s cabinet undergo a significant change?
1822, after death of Castlereagh
Who replaced Sidmouth as Home Secretary?
Robert Peel
Which punishment was removed for relatively trivial offences in 1823?
The death penalty
What act legislated on prisons in 1823?
The Gaols Act
When was a London police force established?
1829
What was the maximum import duty set at by Huskisson?
30%
In which region of the world in particular did Huskisson encourage trade?
South America, former Spanish colonies