B ; mass protest ; eff gov resp ; six acts

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what year?
1819
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after which extremely really very important event?
the peterloo massacre
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when?
august 1819
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how did it appear to the gov?
a well org. + threatening action
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why?
discipline of crowds who marched meeting militarily
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parliament met at the end of 1819 to consider whose proposals for preventing future disturbances?
lord sidmouth, home secretary
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by the end of the year what was passed?
six acts
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what was one of the most important acts? [uda]
unlawful drilling act
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why was this passed in relation to peterloo?
before hand marchers had been reported to have been practising marching and drilling
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where?
on the moors outside manchester for months
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what did samuel bamford say about this in his memoirs?
it was harmless and they just wanted to show decorum
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but how did the government view it?
training for future insurrection
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so the act banned unlawful drilling with what conseq.?
transportation
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what did the seizure of arms act do?
empower magistrates to enter any property they expected to house arms
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and what did the misdemeanours act do?
reduce ability of arrested person to be granted bail
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which act revived the terms of 1795 and 1817 acts of the same name?
seditious meetings prevention act
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what did this do?
limit pub. meetings to 50ppl again only to be conducted at parish level
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what happened to this act in parliament?
strongly opposed by whigs
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who viewed it as?
attempt to curtail individual freedom
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and the act was eventually repealed in?
1824
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what did the criminal libel act introduce?
penalty of transportation for libellous writings
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what happened to this act in operation?
proved ineffective
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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
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what was the desired effect?
reduce no. papers and pamphlets that could be published profitably
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what were the government acknowledging by passing these acts?
how seriously they took the issue of national stability
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did the acts have the desired effect?
yes
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