Industrialisation And Protest

Question 1

When did the napoleonic wars begin?

Answer 1

1793

Question 2

In which year could the radical political leaders be arrested without a trial?

Answer 2

1794

Question 3

What was the Treason Act and what year was it enforced?

Answer 3

It meant the death penalty could be applied to any treasonable acts for example public meetings. 1795

Question 4

When Liverpool overtook London as the major cotton importer?

Answer 4

1795

Question 5

How many banks were in Britain in 1799?

Answer 5

Over 350- stimulated economy

Question 6

1811

Answer 6

The Luddites.
Smashed stocking and cropping frames.
Leader Ned Ludd was a fictional character used to shock government

Question 7

What book was published in 1813?

Answer 7

Owens book on factory reform, creation of New Lanark, wanted to change economic and social structure by enforcing rules

Question 8

What law was passed in 1815 and what did it entail?

Answer 8

Corn Laws- wheat prices up to 102.45 shillings a quarter

Question 9

1816

Answer 9

Spa Field Riots- Spence planned to seize control of government and encourage riots, around 10000 people

Question 10

Pentrich Rising

Answer 10

1817
Working class right to vote- march in protest to overthrow government

Question 11

The Blanketeers

Answer 11

1817
Protest over terrible conditions in textile industry
After war wages cute by 2/3
A march to the capital with 5000 members 25000 spectators

Question 12

Peterloo Massacre

Answer 12

60000 people, radicals, 15 killed, 400 injured

Question 13

Six Acts

Answer 13

1819

Increased penalties for seditious libel, magistrates given increased power to search properties

Question 14

1825

Answer 14

Courtald Silk Mill

Lowest paying job was 2.4 shillings a week, highest paying job not available to a woman

Question 15

Swing Riots

Answer 15

1830

Opposition to mechanised methods, threshing machines destroyed

Question 16

1832

Answer 16

Cholera Outbreak

Lauded fair attitude, overcrowding, cheap labour, killed 32000 people in Sunderland

Question 17

Rebecca Riots

Answer 17

1839
Protest of farmers and agricultural workers in rebel against tax
Dressed as women, abusing toll gates for charging higher taxes

Question 18

1842

Answer 18

Chadwick’s Report- Manchester

Question 19

1848

Answer 19

Public Health Act

Voluntary not compulsory

Question 20

Who invented which machine in 1786?

Answer 20

Andrew Meikle - threshing machine

Question 21

What did the Combinations Act of 1799 have to do with industry?

Answer 21

Caused a hindrance to development in industry

Question 22

What was the 1802 Factory Act?

Answer 22

Established fair treatment of apprentices and the general cleanliness of the workplace.

Question 23

What protest occurred in 1808?

Answer 23

The weavers protest in St George’s Field in Manchester

Question 24

When did the Luddites occur? What was their aims?

Answer 24

1811-1817. They protested because of unemployment and increase in the use of machinery. Smashed up power loom and stocking frames. Fictional leader = Ned Ludd

Question 25

What act was passed in 1812?

Answer 25

The Frame Breaking Act. Deliberate destruction of frames a crime punishable by death.

Question 26

What did the 1819 Factory Act entail?

Answer 26

Limited child labour (aged 9-16) to 12 hours a day. Made it illegal to employ children under 9.

Question 27

When was the outbreak in cholera in Sunderland?

Answer 27

1831

Question 28

When did the Swing Riots happen and what were the aims?

Answer 28

1831-1833. Objected the threshing machines as it replaced manual labour with a machine that could do ten men’s work.

Question 29

What was the 1831 Factory Act?

Answer 29

Limited the working day for under 18s to 12 hours

Question 30

What was the 1833 Factory Act?

Answer 30

Attempted to regulate the working day. Children under 9 were no longer allowed to work. Children aged 9-13 were limited to 8 hours a day. Most advanced act of its time, penalties for evasion, system of government control.

Question 31

When was the Mines Act and what did it occur?

Answer 31

Made it illegal for women and children to work in mines

Question 32

What was the Ten Hours Act!?

Answer 32

1847. Grants working day no longer than 10 hours. John Fielden worked tirelessly to get the act passed

Question 33

What was the 1850 Factory Act?

Answer 33

Regulated the hours women could work in a day: 6am-6pm in summer 7am-7pm in winter Finish at 2pm on Saturdays

Question 34

What happened in 1851?

Answer 34

The Great Exhibition - promotes industrialisation and highlighted all goods being produced

Question 35

What was the 1853 Factory Act?

Answer 35

Extended regular hours to children 8-13