The Old Order Challenged:From Repression To Reform

Question 1

Situation before 1832: how many MPs owed their seat in commons to influence of aristocracy?

Answer 1

111

Question 2

Situation before 1832: Franchise

Answer 2

Had to be maleIn counties- had to own freehold property worth at least £2 a yearIn boroughs - varied greatly since it depended on the customs of the borough

Question 3

Situation before 1832: how many counties/ boroughs actually had general elections

Answer 3

11 counties and 82 boroughs

Question 4

When was Spa Fields?

Answer 4

1816

Question 5

When was the Blanketeers movement?

Answer 5

1817

Question 6

When was the Peterloo movement?

Answer 6

1819

Question 7

When were six acts passed?

Answer 7

August 16th 1819

Question 8

What also happened in 1830 (Europe)?

Answer 8

French Revolution began

Question 9

When was the Birmingham Political Union (BPU) founded?

Answer 9

Founded in 1829

Question 10

Who won the 1830 general election?

Answer 10

Tories won. Duke of Wellington in power.

Question 11

When was the Catholic Empancipation bill introduced into parliament?

Answer 11

march 1829

Question 12

When was Weillington’s speech?

Answer 12

2nd November 1830

Question 13

First reform Bill: when was it proposed?

Answer 13

31st of March 1831 by Lord John Russell

Question 14

First reform Bill: what was proposed?

Answer 14

Essentially the proposals were an attempt to shift the balance of power from the landowners towards the middle classes. 61 boroughs to lose their MPs. 46 seats given to industrial towns in the northOnly one voting qualification owning or renting a house worth at least £10 a year. (and of course, being a man)

Question 15

First reform Bill: by how many votes was it passed in the commons?

Answer 15

It was passed by 1 vote

Question 16

1831 general election: result

Answer 16

Whigs won, they got a majority of 130 seats.

Question 17

Second Reform Bill: when was it proposed?

Answer 17

July 1831

Question 18

Second Reform Bill: by how many votes was it voted against in the Lords?

Answer 18

Lords voted against it by 41 votes.

Question 19

Third Reform Bill: when was it proposed?

Answer 19

December 1831

Question 20

Third Reform Bill: what happened when the king rejected Grey’s proposal?

Answer 20

Earl Grey’s Whig government resigned in April 1832

Question 21

Third Reform Bill: when was it passed?

Answer 21

Signed by the King 7 June 1832