Dates Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
Q
French Revolution
A
1789
2
Q
War with France
A
1793
3
Q
Speenhamland system
A
1795
4
Q
New Lanark and who?
A
1799 Robert Owen
5
Q
Combination acts
A
1800
6
Q
Abolition of slave trade
A
1807
7
Q
End of napoleonic wars
A
1815
8
Q
Peterloo massacre
A
1819
9
Q
Great reform act
A
1832
10
Q
Abolition of slavery
A
1833
11
Q
Factory act passed
A
1833
12
Q
Growth in trade unions
A
1834
13
Q
Tolpuddle martyrs
A
1834
14
Q
Poor law amendment act
A
1834
15
Q
Municipal corporations act
A
1835
16
Q
London working men’s association
A
1836
17
Q
Chartism begins
A
1838
18
Q
First chartist petition
A
1839
19
Q
Newport rising
A
1839
20
Q
Second chartist petition
A
1842
21
Q
Plug plot
A
1842
22
Q
Chartists on trial
A
1843
23
Q
Rochdale pioneers
A
1844
24
Q
Chartist land plan
A
1845
25
Andover workhouse scandal
1846
26
Ten hour act passed
1847
27
Third chartist petition
1848
28
Chartist convention
1848
29
Public health act
1848
30
ASE founded
1851
31
Self help published
1859
32
Chartism ends
1860
33
Reform act
1867
34
Trade unions congress
1868
35
Six points of chartism
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Vote for men over 21
MPs get paid
Mp property requirement gone
Secret ballad
Better voting constituencies
Election every year
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36
Reasons for chartism failure
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Poor leadership
Division over tactics
Lack of coordination
Improving economic conditions
Firm action by government
Lack of middle class support
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