Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848

What Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848 covers

Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848 is examined in Units 2 and 4, the depth study — one of eight options, taken in two halves across the course. It covers Pitt, the French Revolution and the corresponding societies, popular protest from Luddism to Peterloo, lord Liverpool's government and the Six Acts, the Liberal Tory reforms 1822-1830, the unreformed electoral system and the pressure for reform, the Merthyr rising, Captain Swing and the Reform Bill crisis, the Great Reform Act of 1832, the Whig reforms 1833-1841, the New Poor Law and the opposition to it, Chartism in Wales and England, the Rebecca riots and rural Wales, Peel, the Conservative party and the repeal of the Corn Laws and social reform, Shaftesbury and public health.

The 13 subtopics

Each one has its own page. WJEC AS History students sit this topic in the first year.

• Pitt, the French Revolution and the corresponding societiesEdmund Burke's argument against the French Revolution, london Corresponding Society and two Welshmen prominent in radical argument in this period.Open →
• Popular protest from Luddism to PeterlooGrievances behind Luddism, pentrich rising and cato Street conspiracy.Open →
• Lord Liverpool's government and the Six ActsWhat the Seditious Meetings Prevention Act did and training Prevention and Seizure of Arms Acts intended to prevent.Open →
• The Liberal Tory reforms 1822-1830Huskisson's approach to trade, three of Peel's reforms as Home Secretary and requirements of Peel's Gaols Act.Open →
• The unreformed electoral system and the pressure for reformRotten borough, pocket or nomination borough and political union.Open →
• The Merthyr rising, Captain Swing and the Reform Bill crisisRecall questions on the ironworks town in revolt and the man hanged for it, the rick-burning across the southern counties, and the three bills and the crisis they caused.Open →
• The Great Reform Act of 1832Uniform borough franchise created by the Act and immediate political effect of the Act.Open →
• The Whig reforms 1833-1841Recall questions on the emancipation of the slaves and its compensation, the first factory inspectorate, municipal reform, and the reorganisation of relief that followed.Open →
• The New Poor Law and the opposition to itPrinciple of less eligibility, workhouse test and two leaders of the anti-Poor Law movement.Open →
• Chartism in Wales and EnglandSix points of the People's Charter, what the Northern Star was and why it mattered and difference between moral force and physical force Chartism.Open →
• The Rebecca riots and rural WalesImmediate targets of the Rebecca rioters, origin of the name Rebecca and three grievances besides tolls that lay behind the Rebecca movement.Open →
• Peel, the Conservative party and the repeal of the Corn LawsTamworth Manifesto, purpose of the Bank Charter Act and two other measures by which Peel's ministry regulated business.Open →
• Social reform, Shaftesbury and public healthConditions that made industrial towns unhealthy and sanitary idea Chadwick promoted.Open →

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Commonly confused

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• Peterloo vs Cato Street

  Peterloo: the immense reform meeting at Manchester in 1819 which the yeomanry were sent into to arrest Hunt, and where the cavalry charge killed about eighteen and injured hundreds. Cato Street: the plot of 1820 by Thistlewood and a small group to murder the cabinet at dinner, betrayed by a government informer and ending in the leaders' execution.

• Corn Law 1815 vs Sliding scale 1828

  Corn Law 1815: the prohibition on importing foreign wheat until the home price reached eighty shillings a quarter, passed by a Parliament of landowners and resented as class legislation. Sliding scale 1828: the duty on imported grain that fell as the domestic price rose and rose as it fell, replacing the rigid prohibition.

• Factory Act 1833 vs Mines Act 1842

  Factory Act 1833: the statute that applied to textile mills, forbade the employment of children under nine, limited those aged nine to thirteen to nine hours a day with schooling, and created paid inspectors. Mines Act 1842: the statute that prohibited the employment underground of women and girls and of boys under the age of ten.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   Describe what the younger Pitt attempted to do about parliamentary representation in the 1780s.

   Model answer

   He brought forward proposals to disfranchise a number of decayed boroughs and transfer their seats to the counties and to London, but they were defeated in the Commons.

2. 2

   Why did Pitt abandon parliamentary reform after 1785?

   Model answer

   The Commons would not support it, the King disliked it, and Pitt would not risk his ministry on a measure that could not pass.

3. 3

   How did opinion in Britain first react to the French Revolution in 1789?

   Model answer

   Much of it was sympathetic, treating the fall of the Bastille as France catching up with British liberty.

4. 4

   Outline Edmund Burke's argument against the French Revolution.

   Model answer

   That society is an inherited partnership between the generations, that abstract rights are no basis for government, and that sweeping away established institutions would end in violence and military rule.

5. 5

   Summarise Thomas Paine's reply to Burke.

   Model answer

   That no generation can bind its successors, that government exists by the consent of the living, and that hereditary rule and privilege have no rational basis.

6. 6

   Why was Paine's Rights of Man so alarming to the government?

   Model answer

   It was written in plain language and sold cheaply in huge numbers, so radical argument reached artisans and labourers rather than staying among gentlemen.

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Is Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848 examined at AS in WJEC History?

Yes. It sits in AS Unit 2 and A2 Unit 4, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.

What does Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848 cover in WJEC AS-Level History?

13 subtopics: pitt, the french revolution and the corresponding societies, popular protest from luddism to peterloo, lord liverpool's government and the six acts, the liberal tory reforms 1822-1830, the unreformed electoral system and the pressure for reform, the merthyr rising, captain swing and the reform bill crisis, the great reform act of 1832, the whig reforms 1833-1841, the new poor law and the opposition to it, chartism in wales and england, the rebecca riots and rural wales, peel, the conservative party and the repeal of the corn laws and social reform, shaftesbury and public health. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Reform and Protest in Wales and England c.1783-1848 organised?

By the WJEC 601-5817-7 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.