B ; reform ; pressures ; franchise c1780

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- the county franchise
dfgdf
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vote to all freeholders of property worth?
40 shillings/yr
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over time what increased number of men qualified for this?
inflation and rising land price
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- borough franchise
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preston in lancashire was an open borough who gave vote to?
any man in constituency @ the time
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around how many boroughs had electorates of over 1k?
20
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notably westminster had how amny?
11k
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scot and lot boroughs gave vote to?
all men tht paid local tax
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potwalloper?
all who owned a hearth where they could boil pots
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many boroughs electorates rarely exceeded how amny voters?
100
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burgage boroughs?
men with various properties
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corporation boroughs?
only members of town council
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who often?
sold vote to highest bidder
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sudbury esp so corrupt for this it was disfranchised in?
1844
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treasury boroughs?
chief employers of town
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pocket borough?
most land owned by one person
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rotten borough?
no more eco activity but still seats
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like?
old sarum
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- size of the electorate
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why impossible to tell with accuracy?
not est reg until gr8 ref act
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survey est E/W electorate was?
214k
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out of pop?
8M
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as late as '31 how many men in scotland ahd vote?
4.5k
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with population?
2.6M
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- elections and 'interests'
hv
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system not based on pop but able to represent?
various national 'interests' like agriculture / banking
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in 1784 election how many contests?
72
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what was 'treating'?
providing food and beer
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MPs weren't representers of voters but?
champions of interests that made up the nation
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men purchased boroughs to do what?
represent an interest like shipping / agriculture
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slaves in the west indes had voice through?
william wilberforce
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what did northern industrialisation lead to?
gradual change in economic balance away from agricultural sout
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so why did pressure begin to grown?
bc industrial interests not represented
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vote to all freeholders of property worth?

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over time what increased number of men qualified for this?

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- borough franchise

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