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Edexcel History 1. The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy

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An election committee relying on the work of voters rather than the wealth or influence of candidates
Westminster Committee
An 1867 federation of Conservative working men's associations and Conservative and Constitutional Associations which helped to further organise Conservative Party activity
National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations
How many people had been executed across France by July 1794?
30,000
The first ever motion of parliamentary reform
1776 Wilkes Motion
A Catholic and Irish nationalist elected as MP for Clare in 1828 though unable to take his seat due to his religion, who campaigned for Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the 1800 Acts of Union
Daniel O'Connell (1775 - 1847)
The right to vote based on being the head of a household
Household Suffrage
A 1763 issue of the North Briton newspaper criticising the King's speech regarding the peace with France after the Seven Years War as being the words of the Earl of Bute rather than his own
Issue 45
A 1794 - 1807 document by Thomas Paine promoting deism and challenging many foundations of Christian belief
The Age of Reason
An 1858 act that abolished the property requirements for MP's
Property Qualification for Members of Parliament Act
1799 and 1800 acts passed during Pitt's terror preventing workers from uniting to act in restraint of trade (strike, form unions), repealed in 1824 on the work of Francis Place and MP Joseph Hume
Combination Acts
A group formed in 1780 by radicals John Cartwright and John Jebb calling for radical reform as published in Cartwright's 1776 book 'Take Your Choice'
Society for Constitutional Information
A radical politician and MP for Middlesex from 1768 - 1769, and 1774 - 1790
John Wilkes (1725 - 1797)
A radical and associate of William Cobbett known for their showmanship in public addresses to the working class
Henry Hunt (1773 - 1835)
A constituency before the Great Reform Act with a wide franchise such as Preston where all adult males could vote
Open Constituency
The 1768 shooting by troops of people protesting the imprisonment of John Wilkes for libel
Massacre of St. George's Field
A borough in which only those with freeman status could vote
Freeman Borough
William Cobbett's working class radical and unstamped pamphlet sold from 1816 for twopence
Political Register
An 1817 planned march of 5,000 textile workers from Manchester to London to petition the prince regent over the state of the cotton industry that was violently dispersed
Blanketeers March
A highly radical Whig politician and MP whom strongly supported both the American and French revolutions
Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806)
Groups formed to correspond with one another and revolutionary groups in France in support of radicalism
Corresponding Societies
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