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51 Cards in this Set
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Who was the monarch in the 1780s? |
George III |
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When was Pitt appointed? |
1783 |
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What was the initial nickname for Pitts government? |
The mince pie administration |
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Who led the opposition in the 1780s? |
Charles Fox |
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What percentage of people could vote in the 1780s? |
4 to 5% |
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What was introduced to help pay for the war with France and when? |
Income tax in 1798 |
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When was the sinking fund introduced and what was it for? |
1786 A saving scheme to reduce the national debt |
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Population in 1801 |
10.9m |
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When did Britain become involved in the French Revolutionary wars? |
1793 |
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Which PM was assassinated in 1812? |
Spencer Perceval |
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Who took over from the assassinated PM? |
Lord Liverpool |
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When did Britain release the Orders of council and what were they? |
Jan 1807 Boycotted french trade and threatened countries who blockaded Britain with blockades |
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When were the combination acts passed? |
1799 and 1800 |
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When was the Aliens Act passed? |
1793 |
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How many people could vote in England and Wales in the 1780s? |
250k/435k |
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When was the Prince of Wales made regent? |
1811 |
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Who led the irish rebellion and when? |
Wolfe Tone in 1798 |
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When did the french revolution start? |
1789 |
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Who invented the new process of smelting iron and when? |
Henry Cort in 1784 |
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When and by who was the power loom invented? |
1789 by Edward Cartwright |
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Who developed the steam engine? |
James Watt |
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Who took over New Lanark Mills and when? |
Robert Owen in 1800 |
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Why and when did Pitt resign? |
1801 over the issue of catholic emancipation |
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National debt in 1815 |
£876m |
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When did Pitt die? |
1806 |
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When was the Battle of Trafalgar? |
October 1805 |
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What qualified someone as a voter in the counties? |
Owning 40 shillings of land |
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How many elections were regularly contested? |
1/3 |
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At what price did grain peak and when? |
£6.30 in 1812 |
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How many MPs were there in the 1780s? |
558 |
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Rotten Borough |
Once densely populated, now very old |
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How many constituencies had less than 50 voters? |
50 |
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When did Britain stop fighting the American war? |
1783 |
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Pocket Borough |
One where the seat can be bought due to lack of competition |
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Who replaced North as PM in 1782? |
Rockingham |
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When was Habeas Corpus suspended? |
1794 |
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Acts against seditious writings |
May 1792 |
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Treasonable practices act |
1795 |
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When was the society of United Irishmen formed? |
October 1791 |
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Who wrote "the rights of man" and when? |
Tom Paine in 1791 |
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What did the commutation act do and when was it passed? |
1784 Reduced tariffs on goods like tea (119% to 25%) to remove smuggling |
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Life expectancy change |
25 in 1780 40 in 1840 |
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What failure led to the breaking of machines by angry workers? |
The failure of the minimum wage bill |
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When was the Act of Union? |
1800 |
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When was the crisis caused by orders of council and what was it? |
1810-11 People traded with S.America, got initial success. Overproduced due to this, banks failed, 2 consecutive failed harvests, inflation. |
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Output of coal |
7m in the 1780s to 14m in 1812 |
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Output per farmer by 1800 |
Enough to feed 2.5 people |
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East India Act |
1784 |
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Treasury commission of audit |
1785 |
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Consolidated fund act |
1787 |
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National debt in 1783 |
£238m |
