The Impact of the French Revolution Flashcards
When are the first trials for ‘sedition’ in Scotland?
January 1793
When is haebeas corpus suspended under Pitt?
1794
When and why is Thomas Hardy tried?
Tried for ‘imagining the kings death’ in 1794 but acquitted by the jury
When did Pitt pass the Gagging Acts?
1795
What were the gagging acts?
The treasonable practices act and seditious meetings and assemblies act
What was the treasonable practises Act?
Act which forbade expressing views likely to bring King or Government into contempt
What was the Seditious Meetings Act?
Prohibited holding of any political meeting attended by more than 50 people without permission
How many people were prosecuted for treason in 1795?
200
What acts did Pitt introduce in 1797 to suppress naval mutinies?
- Seduction from duty and allegiance act
2. Act against administering unlawful oaths
When was the French Revolution?
1789
When was the coalition established ?
July 1794
Who joined the coalition?
Portland, Fitzwilliam, Windham and Spenser
What did Fox supporters number after the coalition was formed in July 1794?
51
When was the London corresponding society founded ?
January 1792
Who founded the London corresponding society?
Thomas Hardy
What did the London corresponding society do?
Agitated for universal manhood suffrage and political reform
What book did Paine publish and when?
‘Rights of man’ (1791+1792 - in two parts)
What was Paine’s rights of man according to Evans?
‘Bible of British radicalism’
How many men were in volunteer companies against France?
400,000
What was Edmund Burke’s book and when was it published ?
‘Reflections on the Revolution in France’ (1790)
What did Burke say on revolutions?
‘Those who attempt to level, never equalise’
What did William Windham do in 1793?
Formed a ‘third Party’ severing relations with the revolutionary Fox
When was the terror phase of the revolution ?
1793-94
What did Evans say about how the public viewed the descent of the Revolution into terror?
‘A revolution originating in enlightenment had developed a malign, abhorrant and aggressive momentum of its own’
Why was Burke more popular than Paine?
Sentiment was tied to patriotism as Britain engaged in a war against France
When did Grey, Whitebread and Sheridan firm ‘Association of the friends of the people’?
1792
When does Loughborough join Pitts gov as Lord chancellor?
January 1793
How many people in the coalition cabinet were anti-Pitt?
6 out of 13
Why did Pitt form the coalition in 1794?
‘To stamp out the heresies if Jocobenism, Atheism and Democracy’
When was the royal proclamation against seditious publications ?
December 1792
When were the newspaper publications acts?
1798-99
