Reform Occurred Bc Of Political Attitudes (19) Flashcards
What did Edmund Burke say about the working class?
Called them a “swinish multitude”
Which French revolt scared MPs into reform?
1830
Who split the tories over the catholic emancipation act?
Wellington
Who asked Earl Grey to form a Whig government to pass 1832?
William IV
Who was in power filling Palmerston’s death?
Gladstone and Russell
What was Days of May?
Who was In charge?
BPU rally of 200,000
Francis Place
How many reform petitions presented to Parliament by radical groups between 1830-31?
3000
When were the National Reform Union set up?
1864
When was the Reform League set up?
How many branches?
1865
400 branches
What did your property have to be worth to vote?
£10
How much was needed to become an MP?
£600 a year
How many MPs were middle class?
14/103
When was public voting allowed until?
1872
What % of male population could vote?
18%
How many new boroughs invented that showed new issues that needed changing?
42
