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17 Cards in this Set
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Combinations Act |
1799 - Prohibited trade unions and British workers from acting. |
Prohibition |
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Act of Union |
1800-1801 - United Britain and Ireland, bringing them into the United Kingdom. |
Ireland |
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First Official Census |
1801- Estimates the population to be over 15 million. |
15 Million |
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Abolition of Slavery (1st time) |
1807 - Slave trade act; prohibited the trading of Slaves, not the ownership of Slaves. |
Slave trade Act |
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Corn Laws |
1815 - Protected home grown wheat against the import of cheaper, foreign alternatives. |
1815 - bread |
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Six Acts |
1819 1: Prohibited seditious Libel 2: Prevent seditious meetings 3: The seizure of arms 4: Misdemeanors act 5: Training Prevention act 6: News paper and stamp duty |
Consequences of the Peterloo Massacre. |
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Reform of the penal code |
Cut the number of crimes punishable by death |
Death Penalty |
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Repeal of the Combinations Act |
1824 - repeals the combinations act. |
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Repeal of the Test and Corporations act |
1828 |
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Catholic Emancipation |
1829 - To grant O'connel a place in British Parliament. |
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Metropolitan Police Force |
1829 - sees the intial instigation of the Police Force. |
Robert Peel |
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Great Reform |
1832 - Attempted to expand the franchise. |
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Abolition of Slavery (2) |
1833 - Free all slaves across the Empire, but it failed to do so in all areas. |
Second attempt |
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Factory Act (1) |
Limited working hours for children 9-12 to 10 hours, later reduced to 8. 2 hours of compulsory education for all children No one under the age of 9 was aloud to work. |
First factory act |
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Tamworth Manifesto |
1834 - First political speech of this nature; signifying the birth of the Conservative Party. |
Political Speech |
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Poor Law Amendment act |
1834 - introduced work houses and got rid of outdoor relief. |
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Municipal Corporations Act |
1835 - uniformed local Governments, and formed early constituencies. Attempted to make life better for working classes. |
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