Mock Revision Deck Flashcards
What were some of the earlier agents for change?
The Luddites
What were slave owners given come the end of slavery?
Millions were paid in compensation to the slave owners
In what year did the Anglican Church of Ireland’s dominate over the Catholic population
1834
When did Grey resign?
1834 after he discovered attempts to dilute his Coercian Act by O’Connel
i,e hand loom weavers
What groups soon came to join the Luddites
Hand loom weavers, Stocking Knitters, Croppers etc
What was the name of Owen’s book
A new view of Society - beileived in improving chartachter by improving a persons living environment
What is Luddism
The act of Machine breaking in response to Industrialisation
What were the differences between Industrialisation and Slavery
Machinofacture would create far more profit
Plantations were still short of labour and thus were sent indentured labour from India
What was discipline like amongst the Luddites
Somewhat para military- with oath taking and discipline
What did the Benthamite Radicals advocate for
A philosphical group that advocated for the franchise
Was started by Jeremy Bentham
Franchise - The vote
When did Slavery Officially end
1st August 1834
01/08/34
How did the Government respond to Luddism
Arrests, transprtations, hangings ended the resistance and the decline of hand loom weavers and skilled croppers ontinued to rise
What were some reasons for the passing of the 1832 Reform Act
Party Advantage
Was seen as a necessary measure after the Days of May
Who was John Weasly
The founder of Mehodism an alternative to the CofE
CofE - Church of England
i.e Wilberface
What were some individuals or groups that were a part of mc radicalism, post 1815
MC = Middle Class
Hampden Club
Independant- without any party -radical MPs
Wilberface
David Ricardo
Benthamite Radicals
Who inspired the movement of machine breaking
Ned Ludd
1812 action of the Luddites
What happened to William Horsfall
A wool manufacturer and and strong advocate of machines. He was murdered by the Luddites. As a consequence 60 stood trial and 3 were hung.
60 STOOD TRIAL, 3 HUNG
i.e, south, or west etc…
In which region did Machine Breaking spread
North
Who were some key figures of this emergent Socialism
two men
Robert Owen
David Ricardo
What did Wilberface argue for
Ideology
The Abolishment of Slavery
What did Lord Liverpools govt repeal in 1812
The Anti Dessenter Legislation and Methodist preachers were given the same as Anglican clergy
When were the Jamaica Revolts
1831-2
When was the Coercion Act passed
1833 Coercion act-
Curfews and protests were supressed
What did many free slaves return as?
Apprentices
Significance of the Reform Act
List them
strengthened Parliament
refuced threats to the constitution
commons gets its way over lords for the first time
weakened the lords
secured the whigs in power
What number majority seats did the whigs hold over the Tories
300
As a consequence of the 1832 Reform Act what did the redistribution of seats look like?
56 boroughs were disenfranchised
30 boroughs lost around 1 - 2 MPs
22 new boroughs were created in London, the Midlands and the North
Birmingham, Manhester, Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford became Parliamentary constituencies for the first time
20 new single member boroughs were created
143 seats redistributed
Practice of allowing counties to have 2MPs ended
What was the main belief of Methodism
That you can empower yourself and do good for society
The belief in Society. It grew quickly and became the object of suspician by the authorities
How was the question of Slavery sparked
inspired by…
Due to the rise in industrialisation taking over plantation wealth, many started to question the need for slavery, and the literate mc began to advocate against it
mc = middle class
Where did Owen go in 1824 and when he returned what did he do
1824- Owen went to USA where producers would own the means of production. When eh returned to GB he set up early Co-Op and the embroynic Trade Unions movement
What happened to the Stocking knitters
Nottinghamshire, they also joined the Machine Breaking
1825- Relief and Tolerations Act
Gave Methodists the right to Worship
When was Earl Grey elected?
The 1832 December election
What did the 1832 Reform Act do
did and didn’t do
Kept a property qualification to vote
Elections could be held every 7 years
A secret ballot still wasn’t instigted
MP’s were still not paid
Redistributed the seats and simplified the franchise qualification
What were things provided by ‘Owenism’
After work activities provided in institutions provided by ‘Owenism’
He put Children in school rather than work
What did the Croppers do in 1812
Petitioned to Parliament but it failed
What problems did Grey inherit upon entering office as PM
The Irish question
Splits with the radical independants and the loss of his key ministers
What did the Party system look like after the 1832 Reform Act
The Whigs became the mc party
wc anger led to chartist movements
although unintended- began the process of inevitable change in Britain
mc = middle class
wc = working class
What were the new voting qualifcations?
In boroughs: £10 male householders could vote
In counties: 40 shilling freeholder qualifications
Adults leasing land of £50 got the vote
freeholder = landowner
leasing = renting
What did Russel suggest
That the surplus Anglican funds be used to educate the Irish Poor
What were some ideas of the Emergent Socialism
That the value of a product should have some relationship to the cost of its labour, thus questions began to exist as to if the workplace was being fairly treated
What did Lord Sidmouth attempt to intoduce in 1811
A bill
Lord Sidmouth attempted get ‘Dissenters’ to have a license but the bill was withdrawn
Which party passed the 1832 Reform Act
The Whigs
When were the Poor Laws passed?
1834
What did the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 do?
Abolished outdoor relief for the able
Indoor relief established- basically a workhouse
