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Britain 3: chartism and decline in demand for reform Flashcards

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1
Q

Reasons for chartism failure

List 4 factors

A

Divisions in leadership
Divisions in protest (violence)
Political organisations
Demands were too ambitious

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Divisions in leadership

Who led moral-force chartism?

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William Lovett and Francis Place

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Divisions in leadership

Who led physical force chartism?

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Feargus O’Connor

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Divisions in leadership

Where was christian chartism present?

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In Scotland

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Divisions in protest (violence)

When were the Plug Riots?

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1842

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Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the first petition?

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1.2 million

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Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the second petition?

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3.3 million

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Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the 3rd petition?

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5.7 million but only 2 million were real

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Divisions in protest (violence)

When were the chartist petitions?

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1838, 1842, 1848

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Divisions in protest (violence)

When was the Newport Rising?

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3rd and 4th November 1839

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Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people dead and wounded at the Newport Rising?

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20 dead and 50 wounded

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Chartist Political Organisations

When and where was the National Charter Association?

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1840, Manchester

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Chartist Political Organisations

How many branches did the NCA have in April 1842?

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401 branches

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Chartist Political Organisations

Why did the NCA fail?

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Chartist Political Organisations

Who created the Complete Suffrage Union and when?

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Joseph Sturge in 1842

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Chartist Political Organisations

How many branches did the CSU have in April 1842?

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50 branches

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Chartist Political Organisations

Why did the CSU fail?

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wouldn’t work with the Anti-Corn Law League

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Chartist Political Organisations

How many members did the NCA have at the start and at the end of 1842?

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50,000 and then 70,000

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Demands were too ambitious

What suffrage did they want?

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Universal suffrage for all men over 21

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Demands were too ambitious

What did they want for constituencies?

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constituencies of equal size

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Demands were too ambitious

Why did they want annual parliament meetings?

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To ensure MPs kept in touch with needs of constituencies

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Demands were too ambitious

What did they want MPs?

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Pay MPs to enable them to focus on constituencies and give up their jobs

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In the Land Plan, how much was collected from how many subscribers?

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£100,000 from 70,000 subscribers

24
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How many people actually got land in the Land Plan?

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250

25
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Why was O’Connor investigated?

A

for financial irregularities in the Land Plan

26
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What was ‘New Move’?

A

Lovett setting up schools for working class children

27
Q

Decline in reform before 1832

List factors

A

Fear of revolution
The unreformed system
Middle Class
Govt actions
Loyalism
Protests

28
Q

Why would you say that the unreformed system would lead to a decline in reform demands?

A

The upper class benefited from the system, therefore didn’t want it to change

29
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Why did the middle class cause a decline in reform demands?

A

Wanted to keep laissez-faire govt as it was good for trade. Middle class wanted to maintain their wealth and land so didn’t want more voters to change laws

30
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Fear of Revolution

How many members did the LCS claim to have in 1792?

A

5000

31
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Fear of Revolution

How many copies did Paine’s Rights of Man sell?

A

200,000

32
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Fear of Revolution

When did William Cobbett begin republishing his leading article from the Weekly Political Register?

A

1816

33
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Fear of Revolution

How much was the Weekly Political Register?

A

2d = affordable

34
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Government Actions

What did Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act do?

A

introduced a 4d duty o n newspapers = more expensive

35
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Government Actions

When did the govt create the Seditious Meetings Act?

A

December 1795

36
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Government Actions

What did the Seditious Meetings Act do?

A

ban meetings of over 50 people

37
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Government Actions

When and what did the Combinations Act do?

A

1799 and 1800 = banned trade unions

38
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Government Actions

What did it mean when Habeas Corpus was suspended?

A

political prisoners could be held indefinitley

39
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Government Actions

When was Habeas Corpus suspended?

A

1794

40
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Government Actions

What did the 1815 Corn Laws guarantee?

A

A price of 80 shillings a quarter tonne before foreign grain was allowed to enter the market

41
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Government Actions

What triggered the govt to pass the Six Acts?

A

The Peterloo Massacre

42
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Government Actions

What could happen to the meeting places of radical meetings?

A

The pub license could be taken away

43
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Government Actions

What did the Alien Section and Secret Service do?

A

Infiltrate radical societies such as the LCS

44
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Government Actions

When was the Alien Section and Secret Service established?

A

1793

45
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Government Actions

What did they do to prominent radical Thomas Muir?

A

charged him with sedition and sentenced him to 14 years transport

46
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Government Actions

What did they charge reverend Thomas Palmer with?

A

encouraged people to read the Rights of Man

47
Q

Loyalism

When did ‘Church and King’ clubs establish in Birmingham and Manchester?

A

Brum = 1791
Manchester = 1792

48
Q

Loyalism

By what year were there 1000s of loyalist groups?

A

1793

49
Q

Loyalism

What did the APLP stand for?

A

Association for Preserving Liberty and Property Against Republicans and Levellers

50
Q

Loyalism

When and by who was the APLP created?

A

1792 by John Reeves

51
Q

Loyalism

How many branches did the APLP have?

A

2000

52
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Protests

How many people attended the first of 3 meetings at the Spa Fields Riots?

A

20,000

53
Q

Protests

How many people gathered to listen to Henry Hunt and when?

A

60,000 in 1819

54
Q

Protests

How many people were killed and how many wounded at the Peterloo Massacre?

A

11 killed, 400-600 wounded

55
Q

Protests

In what year did the March of the Blanketeers set off?

A

1817

56
Q

Protests

How many people started the March of the Blanketeers, but how many people made it to Stockport?

A

4500 started, 300 made it

57
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