Edexcel History 1. The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy

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A borough in which only the owner of a plot of land laid out at the borough's formation could vote
Burgage Borough
When was the Habeas Corpus Act first suspended?
1794 - 1795
The name for 2,000 local branches of the Association for Preserving Liberty and Property that received considerable support from Anglican groups
Reeve's Societies
Six trade unionists sentenced (though later commuted) to transportation to Australia under the Unlawful Oaths Act 1797
Tolpuddle Martyrs
William Cobbett's working class radical and unstamped pamphlet sold from 1816 for twopence
Political Register
A group of associations promoting parliamentary reform founded in the wake of the formation of the Yorkshire Association
Association Movement
An 1845 roman à thèse by Benjamin Disraeli highlighting the Condition of England Question and the gap in living standards between the classes
Sybil or The Two Nations
A radical who proposed common ownership of land vested in the parishes and universal male and female suffrage
Thomas Spence (1750 - 1814)
An agreement of moderate; Whigs, Radicals, and Irish Nationalists of the House of Commons in February 1835 to coordinate opposition against Peel's Conservative Party
Lichfield House Compact
A borough in which only those paying what was invariably meant as the poor rate could vote
Scot and Lot Borough
A proclamation prohibiting seditious meetings and publications
Royal Proclamation of May 1792
Unsuccessful prosecutions of leaders of the London Corresponding Society in 1794
Treason Trials
Those with wealth and influence who controlled seats in the House of Commons and by extension the MP's who held those seats
Borough Monger
A borough in which only members of the borough corporation could vote
Corporation Borough
1780 Anti-Catholic riots initiated by the head of the Protestant Association Lord George Gordon in the wake of the 1778 Papists Act from which John Wilkes defended the Bank of England
Gordon Riots
One of four liberal Tories appointed by Lord Liverpool to government between 1822 - 23 who served as Home Secretary from 1822 - 1830 and Prime Minister from 1834 - 1834 and 1841 - 1846
Robert Peel (1788 - 1850)
A meeting of party politicians, and a term used disparagingly by Benjamin Disraeli and the Conservatives to compare populist American parties and the Birmingham Liberal Association
Caucus
The party agent appointed by Benjamin Disraeli who established the Conservative Central Office in the 1870's and united party institutions, formulating success in the 1874 general election
John Gorst (1835 - 1916)
The adaptation of one's actions to take advantage of a situation for personal or group benefit
Political Opportunism
A party originating with the Cavaliers and later in support of James II which had been locked out of power during the reigns of George I and II, much linked to the Church of England
Tory
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