The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy Flashcards
Define Franchise
The right to vote in an election
Define Constituency
An area or a group of voters who elect a representative to Parliament
Define Sedition
Inciting revolution
Define Transportation
A punishment which meant being sent to Australia
Define Yeomanry
Armed voluntary cavalry force used to maintain order
When was the death of Lord Liverpool?
1828
When was Catholic Emancipation?
1829
When was the first reform act?
1832
When the first chartist petition?
1839
When did Gladstone first become PM?
1868
When were property qualifications for MPs removed?
1858
When was the Peterloo massacre?
1819
When were the six acts passed?
1819
When did the Napoleonic wars end?
1815
When were the corn laws introduced?
1815
When did Lord Liverpool become PM?
1812
When did the first French revolution begin?
1789
When did the USA’s war of independence begin?
1783
When did Pitt the younger become PM?
1783
When were the Hyde park riots?
1866
When was the second reform act?
1867
What did Britain lack that was often need to spark revolution or significant change?
Major economic problems or military disaster, indeed it was the most powerful empire in the world
Who wrote a book that underpins Tory ideology, even today?
Edmund Burke
What was Edmund Burke’s Book called?
Reflections on the Revolution in France
When was “Reflections on the Revolution in France” published?
1790
What did the Whigs fundamentally support?
Moderate reform
By 1801, what percentage of the 658 MPs in the House of Commons owed their position to benefactors in the Lords?
50%
What is the correct definition of a ‘pocket borough’?
Small borough which could easily be controlled by the predominant landowner by coercion or bribery
What is the correct definition of a ‘rotten borough’?
Small town or hamlet that was once a prominent settlement, but had declined in stature over time and thus has over inflated political influence.
How many copied of Thomas Paine’s book ‘Rights of Man’ had been sold by 1793?
Over 200,000
Over 100,000 people met where on 26th October 1795 calling for manhood sufferage?
Copenhagen Fields
Between February and March 18030, over 200 petitions were sent to Parliament demanding tax reductions in rural areas. Why was this?
Poor harvests in 1828 and 1829 saw an increase in prices
What were the name of the two groups that formed in the Tory Party over the issue of Catholic Emancipation?
Ultras and Liberals
Which year saw the passage of an Act of Parliament that allowed joint stock banks to issue cheques?
1833
How many cities with over 500 000 citizens by 1851?
29
What proportion of the inhabitants of Birmingham lived in back to back housing by 1801?
Two - thirds
By 1821, what percentage of the working population were under the age of 20?
49%
What was the Frame Breaking Act and when was it passed?
Passed in 1812 and made the breaking of frames a crime punishable by death
In what year was the first Burial Act passed that established a public network of cemeteries in London, and which was subsequently extended across the rest of the country in later years?
1852
What organisations did the trade unions of the late 18th and 19th centuries grow out of?
Trade Societies
What does GNCTU stand for?
Grand National Consolidated Trade Union
What was ‘the Document’?
Piece of paper that employers forced employees to sign denouncing any commitment to a union
When was the Trades Union Congress established by Samuel Nicholson?
June 1868
Who established the Trades Union Congress?
Samuel Nicholson
What is a Friendly Society?
Groups of men who came together and paid a weekly subscription fee. This money would be pooled and used to help members who required support and assistance.
What is the definition of ‘pauperism’?
Refers to anyone in receipt of state-provided relief under the Poor Laws
What was outdoor relief?
The practice of giving money, food or clothes to the poor
What was indoor relief?
The practice of placing poor people in a workhouse
What was the theory of ‘Utilitarianism’ put forward by Jeremy Bentham and that greatly influenced government legislation in 1834?
Poor relief should be as unpleasant as possible to reduce the number of people who wanted to be reliant on it
IN the 1848 cholera outbreak, how many people were killed across two years?
62 000
After the sunderland outbreak of cholera in 1831, how many people died across Britain in 1831 and 1832?
32 000
