B ; mass protest ; indiv. imp. ; william cobbett

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what was his main cotrib?
political register
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when did he move to the us?
1792
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and gained rep as?
skilled journalist
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wrote many pamphlets against?
french wars
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when did he return to england?
1800
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why did he turn down government offers to be journalist?
prefered to mntn independence
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what did he establish instead?
cobbett's political register
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what was the circulation by 1805?
4000
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from when did it become increasingly radical?
1806
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when did he stand for parliament and not get elected?
1806
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what did this experience highlight for him?
the corruption of the british electoral system
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so he began to promote?
parliamentary reform
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what did some ely soldiers do in 1809?
mutinied bc hadn't been paid
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what happened to them?
court martialled and 5 ringleaders sentenced to 500 lashes each
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what was cobbet's response?
numerous articles denouncing cruelty
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in 1810 what was cobbett tried for bc of these?
seditious libel against the army
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and what happened?
sentenced to two years in prison
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what happened when he got out in 1812?
took up journalism again + pol reg contd
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when did he reach wider audience?
1816
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how much did the political register cost standardly inc paper tax?
1shilling
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what did this mean for working class?
had to pool money to buy a copy
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then he decided to issue a single sheet for how much?
2p
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what did issuing one sheet mean?
wouldn't have to conform to newspaper tax
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what was this one sheet publication called?
to the journeymen and labourers of england, wales, scotland and ireland
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how many copies printed and circulated by end 1817?
200,000
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what did his opponents label it that he used against them?
two-penny trash
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when did he move to the us?

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