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- Liberal Party PM 1812 - 1828
- Some say the Law Reforms were Conservative as they were designed to make the existing system better, not change it
- End of War 1815 - War had been very expensive and had to bring in 'income tax' paid by upper and middle class.
- As income tax was temporary they introduced indirect tax (Middle and Working Class) on everyday items such as sugar - Hit the poor hard
- The Corn Laws 1815 - Government protecting landowner interests by keeping wheat prices high - Could not import wheat unless British wheat was 80 shillings
- Consumers were unhappy as bread was too expensive for the WC to afford
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- Many Social problems due to industrialisation and urbanisation
- Radical demands for political change
- Economic Issues
- People returning from war - Unemployment
- In the 1820s improvement in economy led to less social unrest and allowed for repression to be lifted
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- 1822 many tariffs on imports were removed
- 1823 - Corn Laws modified by substituting a sliding scale for fixed rates
- 1823 - Death penalty removed from over 100 offences
- 1824 - Measures taken to improve prison conditions eg inspected regular and female wardens for female prisons.
- 1815 - Corn Laws
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- Spa Field 1816 - Huge mass meeting with Henry Hunt addressing the crowd. Called for reform of Gov and lower taxes (Economic hardship= Root Cause
- Pentridge Rising 1817 - Spy 'Oliver' convinced people to march to Nottingham and start a nationwide rebellion - Met by troops - Leaders were hung and 30 transported
- Peterloo 1819 - WC held mass meeting with Henry Hunt to make a speech - Army was called in to arrest Hunt. People were killed, many injured.
- Cato Street Conspiracy 1820 - Attempt to murder the British Cabinet ministers and Lord Liverpool. Police had an informer - 5 executed
- 1812 Hampden Club - Well known radical club - Had pamphlets supporting manhood suffrage and abolishment of the Corn Laws
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