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Theme 1: The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy Flashcards

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Society for Constitution Information is established

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1780

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William Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister and unsuccessfully proposes moderate reforms to parliament

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1783

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William Pitt tries to introduce parliamentary reform again but is defeated

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1785

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US Constitution is created

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1787

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The French Revolution

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1789

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Publication of Reflections of the Revolutions in France by Edmund Burke

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1790

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Publication of Rights of Man by Edmund Burke

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1792

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Start of the Napoleonic Wars

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1793

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Lord Liverpool becomes Prime Minister of a new Tory government

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1812

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End of Napoleonic Wars

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1815

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Riots in Islington break out

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1816

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Harvests fail after a very poor summer

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1816

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William Cobbett reduces the price of his radical newspaper, Cobbett’s Political Register

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1816

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March of the Blanketeers

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1817

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The Derbyshire Rebellion led by Jeremiah Brandreth

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1817

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The Peterloo Massacre

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1819

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The failure of the Cato Street Conspiracy sees the end of significantly radical reform attempts

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1820

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Death of Lord Liverpool

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1828

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Whigs win the general election

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1832

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The First Great Reform Act

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1832

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Slavery abolished

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1833

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Municipal Corporations Act is passed reforming local government in towns

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1835

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The London Working Men’s Association is established

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1836

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‘People’s Charter’ issued

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1838

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First Chartist petition

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1839

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Second Chartist petition

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1842

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Plug Plots Riots take place

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1842

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