National 5 History: Unit 2 Changing Britain- Changing the voting system
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- Changing to the voting system in Scotland & Britain 1760-1900
- Peterloo Massacre
- 16th August 1819
- St Peters Square, Manchester
- 60,000 peaceful protesters
- Banners such as:
- Universal Suffrage
- Reform
- Equal representation
- RIOT ACT READ
- 18 people killed and 600-700 seriously injured
- Banners such as:
- 60,000 peaceful protesters
- Bonnymuir
- 1st April 1820 posters calling for a general strike went up
- 2nd April government called for all shops to be closed
- 3rd April Royal decree goes out offering £500 for authors of the posters
- James WIlson arrested for high treason
- James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird were all executed by hanging
- Baird & Hardie charged with high treason
- James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird were all executed by hanging
- James WIlson arrested for high treason
- 3rd April Royal decree goes out offering £500 for authors of the posters
- 2nd April government called for all shops to be closed
- 8th of April 70 men led by Andrew Hardie & John Baird marched to Iron Works near Falkirk
- Spotted at BONNYMUIR by the 7th & 10th Hussars
- The British force defeated them
- Survivors taken to a military prison at Stirling Castle
- Baird & Hardie charged with high treason
- Survivors taken to a military prison at Stirling Castle
- The British force defeated them
- Spotted at BONNYMUIR by the 7th & 10th Hussars
- 1st April 1820 posters calling for a general strike went up
- 1832 Reform
- Vote given to men who owned/rented property worth £10 a year
- Redistribution of seats took place
- Rotton Boroughs were abolished
- Voting still done in public
- no women of any class could vote
- No working class could vote
- MPs were still not paid
- No working class could vote
- no women of any class could vote
- The Chartists
- After 1832 Reform Act as it was very limited
- Working class men and women made CHARTIST group
- Annual votes for government
- Vote by secret ballot
- MPs to be paid; so anyone could become one
- Made a national petition
- Vote by secret ballot
- Annual votes for government
- Equal voting constituencies
- First one had over 1 million names- NO IMPACT
- Chartists split into 2 different groups
- PHYSICAL
- MORAL
- Other petitions were made but had fake signatures & were laughed out of parliament
- Chartists split into 2 different groups
- Made a national petition
- Equal voting constituencies
- Working class men and women made CHARTIST group
- After 1832 Reform Act as it was very limited
- 1867 Reform Act
- Vote for men who owned property worth £6 in towns
- Vote for lodgers paying £10 a year in rent
- WORKING CLASS MEN IN TOWNS & CITIES
- Scotland received 7 extra MPS
- Working class men in country - NO VOTE
- Women- NO VOTE
- Mps NOT PAID
- NO SECRET BALLOT
- Mps NOT PAID
- Women- NO VOTE
- Peterloo Massacre
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