Frenh Rev And Acts

Question 1

What was the Aliens Act?

Answer 1

Prevented foreigners from entering Britain without special permission

Question 2

When did the suspension of Hebeas Corpus take place?

Answer 2

1794

Question 3

What was the Public meetings act and when was it put into action?

Answer 3

1795, banned meetings of 50 or more people

Question 4

What was the Naval mutiny in 1797?

Answer 4

A Naval mutiny took place at Spithead due to poor pay. The second Mutiny took place at Nore.

Question 5

How did the French revolution affect England and wales?

Answer 5

Radical events in Britain in 1790s- riots, protests, strikes- evidence of potential revolution

Question 6

Why would some people be encouraged by the French revolution ?

Answer 6

George 3rd recognised why limiting the French monarchy could be a good thing.
Pitt recognised that a constitutional monarchy could be good for France.

Question 7

when did Britain’s war with France take place?

Answer 7

1793-1815

Question 8

When did the French send people to start a rebellion in Ireland?

Answer 8

1796

Question 9

What 1799 act made it illegal for workers to combine (form unions)

Answer 9

The Combinations act

Question 10

What did luddite activities of 1811-12 result in?

Answer 10

Death penalty introduced for machine breaking

Question 11

What was the Defence Of the Realm Act?

Answer 11

1798, required information and numbers ready to fight for King and country.

Question 12

What did Pitt do that helped the anti-French feeling increase?

Answer 12

Successfully won a propaganda war, where ‘jacobinism’ meant disloyalty and pro-French sympathy.

Question 13

Who was the dominant voice of reform in France in 1780s ?

Answer 13

the middle classes

Question 14

When was the bastille stormed?

Answer 14

1789

Question 15

what happened in September 1792?

Answer 15

The French national Convention abolished the Monarchy.

Question 16

Who embarked on the reign of terror after the two previous jacobin leaders were executed?

Answer 16

Robespierre

Question 17

How did the French revolution impact Britain’s politics and government?

Answer 17

it encouraged radicals in Britain that change could happen and made the government increasingly fearful of the people’s impact on politics

Question 18

What did the French revolution reveal about the British government?

Answer 18

It showed the demands of the people were increasingly affecting the role of government and the threat of revolution continued to drive fear into politicians for many years to come

Question 19

How was Liverpool influenced by the french rev?

Answer 19

He had witnessed the fall of the Bastille.

Question 20

How did the French revolution influence British politics in the future?

Answer 20

Radicalism, Liverpool’s repressive policies and ultimately the 1832 Reform Act might not have happened without the effects of the French revolution in Britain.