B ; mass protest ; sig? ; LCS

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when was the LCS founded?
1792
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what had the US + french rev. inspired?
politicisation of the skilled working class
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what were radical papers and organisations promoting?
republicanism
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what was the SCI?
society for constitutional information
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founded by?
john cartwright
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in?
1780
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what were most of the members?
mc industrialists
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interested in?
discussing politics but not going beyond to radicalism
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when did membership start to fall?
1783
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and ceased to exist in?
1785
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in 1790s how were political ideas spread?
printed pamphlets
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and direct correspondence with which city?
paris
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when was the LCS formed?
1792
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who did it support and where?
skilled craftsmen in london
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what was it strongly influenced by?
SCI
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and shared promotion of which two things?
universal suffrage / annual parliament
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what did leaders say about promoting other social reform?
it would happen anyway as consequence parliamentary reform
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how did it promote political education to members?
pamphlets
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when were the LCS's aims set out?
november 1792
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what did they explain then?
basic aims / peaceful methods
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did they ever try limit membership to specific class?
no
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what was the slogan?
"that our membership be unlimited"
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was the subscription fee spenny?
no
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why did they keep local association sizes small?
so all members could participate
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what worried pitt the most about the LCS?
structure
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why?
because believed society > political org
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with potential to become?
military
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what did the government do?
infiltrate w/ law abiding spies
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who was there inevitable backlash from towards LCS?
conservative societies
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especially as what was happening overseas?
france was becoming more radical
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what kind of societies were est. bc of france?
loyalist societies
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who viewed the radicals?
disloyal 2 king + country
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what cons. soc. was created in '92 + spread nationally?
Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (APLPRL)
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what was the LCS membership almost exclusively?
middle class
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though supported by?
skilled workers
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what retaliation movement did the government giv secret help 2?
association movement
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what did they use to promote patriotic propaganda?
loyalist press
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and they took action against?
reformers, i know, shocker
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