B ; reform ; seat distribution ; pitt's proposals failure 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 31-05-18 12:41 pitt displayed committment to reform before becoming PM when? dec '1783 1 of 26 father pitt the elder had suggested some reform in what years to no success? 1750/60s 2 of 26 pitt was influenced by wyvill's group called? Yorkshire Association 3 of 26 founded in? 1780 4 of 26 with aim of? eliminating corruption in parliament 5 of 26 when did pitt enter praliament for a pocket borough? 1781 6 of 26 and proposed the creation of a committee when? 1782 7 of 26 to do what? address parlaimentary representation issues 8 of 26 but? easily diefeated 9 of 26 when did he make a more specific proposal? may '83 10 of 26 to disfranchise corrupt boroughs and? transfer their seats to counties 11 of 26 what happened? defeated by by smaller margin 12 of 26 when was pitt's third reform attempt? april 1785 13 of 26 intro'd detailed measure that would abolish how many corrupt seats? 36 14 of 26 and do what with their seats? transfer to LDN / counties 15 of 26 what would borough owners be given? financial compensation for 'their property' 16 of 26 pitt hoped what might gain him supp esp from independent MPs? personal standing as PM 17 of 26 which king of the time was openly hostile to the measure? george iii 18 of 26 who was suprisingly ready to support pitt on the issue as he was a longstanding reform supporter? fox, pitt's archenemy 19 of 26 but refused to suggest pitts suggestion of cimpensation of how much? £1m 20 of 26 what was fox + supporters stance on the april '85 bill? opposed 21 of 26 pitt's bill defeated in HoC by how many to how many votes? 284 - 174 22 of 26 remained a supporter of reform but what happened after this? french rev meant more pressing issues @ hand 23 of 26 when was the next reform suggestion introduced almost identical to pitts? 1792 24 of 26 by who? charles grey (whig) 25 of 26 but why did pitt strongly oppose this? claimed would lead to overthrow of british constitution 26 of 26
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