Who write 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'?
Edmund Burke?
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When did Edmund Burke write his book?
November 1790
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What was Thomas Paine's response book called?
'The Rights of Man'
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When was 'The Rights of Man' published?
1791-2
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How much did it cost for part 2 of 'The Rights of Man'?
6d
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How many copies of 'Rights of Man' were sold in 1792?
200,000
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What did Burke refer to the mass populace as?
The Swinish Multitude
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When was the London Corresponding Society founded and who led it?
1792-5 - Thomas Hardy
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How many paying members were there for the LCS in 1794-5
London = 5,000 | Sheffield & Norwich = 2,000 each
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Aims of the LCS?
1. Universal male suffrage 2. Annual parliament 3. The spreading of ideas
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What organisation was formed in 1792?
The Association of Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers
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When was Thomas Hardy arrested?
May 1794
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When were the spinning mule and the power loom invented?
1779 (SPM) | 1785 (TPL)
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Where were attacks carried out on factories from 1811? And by who?
Nottingham, Lancashire, Yorkshire | Luddites
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What act in 1812 made machine breaking a capitol offence?
The Frame-Breaking Act
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What were introduced in 1815 which out higher prices on imported corn?
The Corn Laws
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What was the price of Cobbett's Political Register? When was it set up?
2d | 1816-17
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When was the Hampden Clubs founded?
1812
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Who founded the Hampden Clubs
Major John Cartwright
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How much did membership cost for the Hampden Clubs?
1d a week
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When was Spa Fields Meeting?
December 1816
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During 1817 how many petitions were delivered to Parliament?
700
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When was the Pentridge Rising?
June 1817
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When was the St Peter's Field Demonstration?
August 1819
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When was the Cato Street Conspiracy?
1820
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In July 1812 what did Lord Liverpool make a capitol offence?
Oath-taking for felonious purposes
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When were the Gagging Acts?
1817
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What were the Gagging Acts?
1. The Treason Act (March 1817) 2. The Seditious Meetings Act (March 1817)
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When were the Six Acts?
1819
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What were the Six Acts?
1. Prohibited drilling 2. Authorised house searches without warrants 3. Prohibited meetings of more than 50 4. Increased stamp duty 5/6. Sped up judicial proceedings
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