Timeline of main events Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Met Police Force established in London?
A
1829
2
Q
When was the Representation of the People Act passed? (Great Reform Act)
A
1832
3
Q
Factory Act
A
- Favoured factory owners by refusing to include 10 hour working day limit.
4
Q
Poor Law amendment act
A
1834
5
Q
Municipal Corporations Act
A
- excluded working classes from local government.
6
Q
what year was the Northern Start newspaper set up by Feargus O’Connor?
A
1837
7
Q
Publication of the ‘People’s Charter’
A
May 1838
8
Q
1839
A
National Convention meets in London
Rural Police Act - police forces in several counties
9
Q
First Chartist petition rejected by parliament
A
July 1839
10
Q
Newport Rising
A
November 1839
11
Q
National Charter Association set up
A
1840
12
Q
Second National Convention
A
1842
13
Q
Second petition rejected by Parliament
A
May 1842
14
Q
Plug Riots
A
August 1842
15
Q
Land plan starts
A
1845
