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139 Cards in this Set
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Pitt appointed |
Dec 1783 |
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Pitt wins general election majority |
March 1784 |
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Sinking fund |
1786 |
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Consolidation Act |
1787 |
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Pitt dies |
1806 |
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Henry Addington |
1801-1804 |
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Pitt returns |
1804-1806 |
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Lord Grenville |
1806-1807 |
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Duke of Portland |
1807-1809 |
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Spencer Perceval |
1809-1812 |
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Power loom invented |
1785 |
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First population census |
1801 - 10.9 million |
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French wars |
1793-1815 |
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Combination Acts |
1799/1800 |
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Income tax introduced |
1798 |
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French Revolution starts |
1789 |
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Habeas corpus suspended |
1794 |
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Treasonable practices act |
1795 |
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Seditious meetings act |
1795 |
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Thomas Hardy's corresponding society |
1792 |
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Tom Paine's The Rights of Man |
1791 |
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Society of United Irishmen |
1791 |
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Catholic Relief Act |
1793 |
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Act of Union |
1800 |
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The Corn Law |
1815 |
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Repeal of income tax |
1816 |
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Relief act and toleration act |
1819 |
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Factory act (1) |
1819 |
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Six acts |
1819 |
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Penal code reform |
1824 |
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Repeal of combination act |
1824 |
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Canning as PM |
1827 April - August |
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Wellington PM |
1828 - 1830 |
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Repeal of Test & Corporation Acts |
1828 |
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Sliding scale of duties for Corn Law |
1828 |
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Metropolitan police improvement act |
1829 |
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Catholic Emancipation |
1829 |
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Bank act |
1826 |
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Luddism |
1811 |
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Abolition of Slavery Act |
1833 |
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Birmingham Political Union - Thomas Attwood |
1829 |
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Lord Grey - Whigs |
1830 Nov |
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Swing Riots |
1830 |
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Great Reform Act |
1832 |
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Reform Bill |
1831 |
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Lord Grey wins general election |
1832 Dec |
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Lord Melbourne |
1834 July |
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Peel |
1834 Dec |
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Lichfield House Pact |
1835 Feb |
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Conservative government under Peel |
1841-1846 |
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Corn laws repealed |
1846 |
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Government grant £20,000 |
1833 |
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Factory act (2) |
1833 |
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Poor Law Amendment Act |
1834 |
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Municipal Corporation Act |
1835 |
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National Society & British and Foreign Society |
1811 |
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Grant increased to £30,000 |
1839 |
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London Working Men's Association |
1836 |
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Anti-Corn Law League |
1838 |
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Six-point charter launched |
1838 |
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Chartists first petition rejected |
1839 |
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Mines Act |
1842 |
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Devon Commission |
1843 |
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Bank Charter Act |
1844 |
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Factory Act (3) |
1844 |
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Maynooth grant increased |
1845 |
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Irish famine |
1845 |
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Enclosure act |
1836 |
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Enclosure act 2 |
1845 |
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Agricultural drainage act |
1846 |
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The Rochdale Pioneers & the cooperative movement |
1844 |
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The Tolpuddle Martyrs |
1834 |
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Robert Owen & the GNCTU |
1834 |
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Conservative party splits into protectionists & peelites |
1846 |
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Abolition of navigation acts |
1849 |
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Death of peel |
1850 |
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Formation of liberal party |
1859 |
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Death of palmerston |
1865 |
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Second Reform Act |
1867 |
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Disraeli 1 |
1868 |
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Gladstone 1 |
1868-1874 |
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Disraeli 2 |
1874-1880 |
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Gladstone 2 |
1880-1885 |
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Forster's Education Act |
1870 |
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Married Women's Property Act |
1870 |
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Cardwell Army Reforms |
1871 |
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Trade Union Act |
1871 |
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Criminal Law Amendment Act |
1871 |
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Public Health Act (G&D) |
1872 |
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Artisans' Dwelling Act |
1875 |
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Public Health Act 3 |
1875 |
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Licensing Act |
1872 |
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Judicature Act |
1873 |
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Gladstone's Reform Bill |
1866 |
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Secret Ballot Act |
1872 |
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Corrupt Practices Act |
1883 |
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3rd Reform Act |
1884 |
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Redistribution Act |
1885 |
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Fenianism in Ireland |
1858 |
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Amnesty Association by Isaac Butt |
1868 |
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Home Rule by Isaac Butt |
1873 |
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Land League by Michael Davitt |
1879 |
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The Great Exhibition |
1851 |
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The Great Depression |
1873 |
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Lord Liverpool |
1812-1827 |
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Sandon's Education Act |
1876 |
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Mundella/Elementary Education Act |
1880 |
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Franchise Act |
1884 |
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Torrens Act |
1868 |
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Tamworth Manifesto |
Dec 1834 |
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The Reform League |
1865 |
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The Reform Union |
1864 |
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Anti-Poor Law League |
1834 |
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Anti-Corn Law League |
1838 |
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Chartism First Petition Rejected |
1839 |
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Ten Hour Act |
1847 |
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Edwin Chadwick's Sanitation Report |
1842 |
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Health Board set up & dissolved |
1854-1858 |
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Threshing Machine |
1778 |
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London Metropolitan Line |
1863 |
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Stockton to Darlington |
1825 |
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Liverpool to Manchester |
1830 |
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Railway Act |
1844 |
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Factory Acts consolidation (Disraeli) |
1874 & 1879 |
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The Employers & Workmen Act |
1875 |
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Criminal Law Amendment Act |
1871 |
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Newport Rising |
Nov 1839 |
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Irish Church Act |
1833 |
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Established Church Act |
1836 |
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Dissenters Marriage Bill |
1836 |
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Young Ireland |
1842 |
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Repeal Association |
1840 |
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Kennington Common |
1848 |
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Outdoor Relief Labour Test Order |
1842 |
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Reform that you may preserve speech |
1831 |
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Modified Navigation Code |
Got rid of old restrictions on trading in foreign ships |
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Reciprocity Act |
1823 - encouraged trade treaties with other countries on basis on mutual tariff reductions |
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Conspiracy & Protection of Property Act |
1875 |
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Agricultural Holdings Act |
1875 |
