Key Dates of Power and the People 4.5 / 5 based on 5 ratings ? HistoryPower and the PeopleGCSEAQA Created by: alexandralesterCreated on: 02-06-18 10:24 1215 King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede 1 of 27 1265 First time commons represented in House of Commons (by Simon de Montfort) 2 of 27 1381 Lincolnshire Rising and Peasant's Revolt 3 of 27 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace 4 of 27 1642 Civil War 5 of 27 1649 Execution of Charles I and parliament (led by Oliver Cromwell) rules country 6 of 27 1660 Restoration of monarchy 7 of 27 1688 Glorious Revolution (James II replaced by William of Orange) 8 of 27 1721 Robert Walpole becomes first Prime Minister 9 of 27 1776 American Declaration of Independence 10 of 27 1832 Great Reform Act 11 of 27 1833 Slavery banned throughout entire British empire 12 of 27 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs arrested and transported to Australia 13 of 27 1839 People's Charter published 14 of 27 1815 and 1846 Corn Law passed and Corn Law repealed 15 of 27 1871 Trade Unions Act (making them legal and protecting them). Effectiveness limited by 1871 law making picketing illegal 16 of 27 1872 Secret Ballot 17 of 27 1888 Annie Besant and the Match Girls Strike 18 of 27 1889 London Docker's Strike 19 of 27 1911 Parliament Act - asserted elected House of Commons more important than House of Lords 20 of 27 1918 Women over 30 given vote 21 of 27 1926 General Strike - railway workers, coal miners and transport workers to improve conditions and pay 22 of 27 1928 Everyone over age of 21 could vote 23 of 27 1948 Arrival of Windrush at dock in London 24 of 27 1969 Everyone over age of 18 could vote 25 of 27 1981 Brixton Riots 26 of 27 1984 Miners' strike (lead by Scargill) against Thatcher trying to close unproductive mines 27 of 27
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