Power 1800-2014 Flashcards
How many voters when there in Yorkshire?
23,000
What was the most notorious borough? Beginning with S?
Old Sarum, it had no voters but two MP’s
What was the common requirement for being able to vote?
Own property worth 40 shillings
Which growing industrial town had 80,000 population but did not have MP’S?
Manchester
True or false voting was secret?
False, voting was in public
What were rotten boroughs?
Boroughs were votes were sold for money
When did America break free from Britain?
1776
When was king louis XVI overthrown?
1789
What book did Thomas Paine right?
The rights of man, it sold 200,000 copies money
What was the combination act?
Illegal for workers to join together and campaign for rights
Who was William Cobbett?
A radical, who published the political register
Who was John Hampden?
A rebel during the civil war, John Cartwright founded a club in his name
What were the corn laws introduced by Lord Liverpool?
Put a tariff on imported food
What were the changes of great reform act in 1832?
FaMiNe (The poor people were struggling)
How many seats were taken away from boroughs?
143
