Pø Changes

Question 1

What happens with the creation of the Cabinet ?

Answer 1

Birth of party politics :
-> Whigs : support Hanoverjans/ act of Settlement and revolution by W3 + financial and commercial elites
-> Tories : Jacobites, not too loyal to Georgian gov + landed elites

Question 2

Which are the most modern offices created ?

Answer 2

The Cabinet
Prime Minister

Question 3

What do those offices allow ?

Answer 3

-> More powerful state and gov that was needed by the empire and commonwealth
-> Gov gets a special trained army

Question 4

First PM ?

Answer 4

Robert Walpole -> Whig
Shows how Whigs dominate the politics from 1715 to 1780s

Question 5

How are Whigs on top ?

Answer 5

-> Crown patronage
-> Successfully portrays Tories as an enemy state
However
-> Electoral politics unsure, not too legitimate
Difficulty since 1760s

Question 6

Print culture?

Answer 6

-> Increasing literacy
-> Printing becomes less expensive
-> Politics become more popular, increase in pol discussions

Question 7

General elections ?

Answer 7

-> Only 5% ppl can vote
-> Problem with votes being bought or intimidation (vote is public)
-> Size of constituencies is variable, more or less competitive for MPs

Question 8

Popular elections ?

Answer 8

-> Petitions for poorer ppl who can’t vote to be sent to parl
-> good cause more ppl can write and read
-> veiled threat from pop to gov
= If not listened, riots
= 1725 riots in Glasgow

Question 9

Who is John Wilkes ?

Answer 9

-> Radical MP, editor for “North Briton” who criticize the gov and pm
-> demands for transparency and representativity
Infliencial in colonies in USA