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Edexcel History 1. The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy

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A 1790 pamphlet by Edmund Burke heavily critical of the French Revolution, written in response to Richard Price's 1790 pamphlet 'A Discourse on the Love of Our Country'
Reflections on the Revolution in France
How many independent MP's were there in the House of Commons around 1785?
Approximately 200
A campaigner for universal suffrage, press freedom, atheism, and equality between the sexes
Richard Carlile (1790 - 1843)
An 1842 petition with over 3 million signatures organised by Feargus O'Connell
Second Chartist Petition
When was the Habeas Corups Act suspended for the second time?
1817 - 1818
The circumstance of people meeting and discussing issues of the day in coffee houses
Coffee House Society
A society founded in 1792 by Thomas Hardy promoting universal manhood suffrage, annual elections, and the abolition of rotten boroughs, through pamphleteering and petitioning
London Corresponding Society
A Rockinghamite Whig and MP from 1765 to 1794 who spoke out strongly against the French Revolution
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
A Whig faction led by the Marquess of Rockingham, successor of the Duke of Newcastle, espousing the Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
Rockinghamites
A 1689 act that; abolished the prerogative of the monarch to rule by decree, compelled the monarch to consult with Parliament, and made such that elections, and speech and debate in Parliament ought to be free
Bill of Rights
An unofficial Conservative organisation open to both men and women, that effectively adapted the party to the growth of democracy
Primrose League
A 1797 act passed during Pitt's terror making it a capital offence to insight servicemen into mutiny
Seduction from Duty and Allegiance Act
A bill introduced by Lord John Russell, passing its first reading by 1 vote only to be defeated in the committee stage in April prompting the resignation of the government and the calling of a general election
First Reform Bill
An 1834 act that mandated residence within a workhouse to be eligible for poor relief
Poor Law Amendment Act
An election committee relying on the work of voters rather than the wealth or influence of candidates
Westminster Committee
Liberal Tories and followers of Canning and his successors calling for reform
Canningites
William Cobbett's working class radical and unstamped pamphlet sold from 1816 for twopence
Political Register
A 1789 French revolutionary document espousing the right to; liberty, equality, property, security, resistance to oppression, and freedom of belief and of speech
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
An 1816 armed riot of radicals - particularly Spenceans - after a meeting addressed by Henry Hunt
Spa Field Riots
When was the Glorious Revolution?
1688 - 1689
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