RADICAL REFORMERS - Part B; TWE was extra-parliamentary protest successful by 1819? Flashcards
SUCCESSES
national debate
created great national debate in the 1790s - carried on through pamphlets, books, and the press.
SUCCESSES
education system
1780 - Robert Raikes found a Sunday school in Gloucester; this was taken up by many non-conformist groups such as the Methodists
A system of national state education was not established until 1870
SUCCESSES
growing literacy bc of newspaper industry
growing literacy because families could access newspapers
no. of papers printed annually rose from one million in 1690 to over 14 million by 1785
Pitt’s attempts to suppress this didn’t stop ANY newspaper growth (he tried to increase duty between 1789 and 1815)
SUCCESSES
post-war radicalism
when the French wars ended, workers became interested in political reform; Hampden Clubs were established in northern textile towns and had large/committed memberships.
1790s radicalism was dominated by people in London.
post-1790s radicalism dominated by people in the north and in areas such as Manchester.
SUCCESSES
French revolution
Britain was not immune to the attractiveness of liberty, egalitarianism, and fraternity
between 1790 and 1799, radicalism was the preserve of the MC too, which some Whigs even joined.
FAILURES
what two issues did post-war radicalism face? (1815+)
a) no national figures of leadership
b) reformers split between those wanting to use force and those wanting to use moral force
FAILURES
little attraction to the mass of the working/agricultural classes?
early reformers operated through corresponding societies and political clubs spread messages via discussion.
SCI drew its support from the MC and the LCS was backed by skilled artisans in London and the provinces
there was little attraction for the mass of the working or agricultural classes.
