B ; mass protest ; eff gov resp ; six acts 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 31-03-18 14:29 what year? 1819 1 of 26 after which extremely really very important event? the peterloo massacre 2 of 26 when? august 1819 3 of 26 how did it appear to the gov? a well org. + threatening action 4 of 26 why? discipline of crowds who marched meeting militarily 5 of 26 parliament met at the end of 1819 to consider whose proposals for preventing future disturbances? lord sidmouth, home secretary 6 of 26 by the end of the year what was passed? six acts 7 of 26 what was one of the most important acts? [uda] unlawful drilling act 8 of 26 why was this passed in relation to peterloo? before hand marchers had been reported to have been practising marching and drilling 9 of 26 where? on the moors outside manchester for months 10 of 26 what did samuel bamford say about this in his memoirs? it was harmless and they just wanted to show decorum 11 of 26 but how did the government view it? training for future insurrection 12 of 26 so the act banned unlawful drilling with what conseq.? transportation 13 of 26 what did the seizure of arms act do? empower magistrates to enter any property they expected to house arms 14 of 26 and what did the misdemeanours act do? reduce ability of arrested person to be granted bail 15 of 26 which act revived the terms of 1795 and 1817 acts of the same name? seditious meetings prevention act 16 of 26 what did this do? limit pub. meetings to 50ppl again only to be conducted at parish level 17 of 26 what happened to this act in parliament? strongly opposed by whigs 18 of 26 who viewed it as? attempt to curtail individual freedom 19 of 26 and the act was eventually repealed in? 1824 20 of 26 what did the criminal libel act introduce? penalty of transportation for libellous writings 21 of 26 what happened to this act in operation? proved ineffective 22 of 26 what did the newspapers and stamp duties act do? increase amount of publications that had to pay stamp duty and increased amount to be paid 23 of 26 what was the desired effect? reduce no. papers and pamphlets that could be published profitably 24 of 26 what were the government acknowledging by passing these acts? how seriously they took the issue of national stability 25 of 26 did the acts have the desired effect? yes 26 of 26
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