peel's Government 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750ASOCR Created by: ThucydidesCreated on: 16-05-18 10:34 What was significant about Lord Lyndhurst's position of Lord Chancellor in Peel's Cabinet? He was an Ultra Tory 1 of 14 What was significant about Sir James Graham position of Home Secretary in Peel's Cabinet? He was a Canningite 2 of 14 what were Tarrifs lowered on in 1842 - 3 Tarriffs lowered on Cattle (85 Con MPs against) + The Canada Corn bill allowed low tariff importation of Corn (60 Con MPs against) 3 of 14 What did the Amendment to the Sugar bill seek to do? Lower the Tariff on non colonial sugar (voted against by 60 Con MPs) 4 of 14 The Bank of England was allowed to issue banknotes up to a Duciduery of £14M - could they iussue any more? yes - as long as it was covered by their Gold Bullion reserves 5 of 14 What restrictions did bbanks have when issuing notes? exisituing banks could only issue notes that were average for the 3 months prior to the bill 6 of 14 What did Peel do to encourage investment activity in 1844? He Passed the Companies Act under which companies were required to register and publish their prospectus and accounts 7 of 14 Who replaced the Hardline de Grey as secratery for Ierland? Lord Heytesbury`in 1844 8 of 14 Who was appointed to a commission to investigate land tenure in Ireland? Lord Devon - The Devon commission 9 of 14 The making of private endowments to the Catholic Church in a will was made eaisier by which bill? The Charitable Bequests act 10 of 14 How much was the one off grant to catholic seminaries in the Maynooth Bill? £30,000 + an increase in anuall budget to £26,000 11 of 14 How did Peel encorage the middle clasesses into the ciivil service + legal proffesions in Ierland? The Irish colleges bill 12 of 14 Conservetives were split over the Maynooth grant how many voted which way? Aye - 148 Nay - 149 13 of 14 How many Conservetive voted against the government in May 1846 over the repeal bill? 222 (only 106 voting for) 14 of 14
How important were the economic, financial, social and political factors reforms of Peel's second ministry 1841-46? 0.0 / 5
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