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British History
1680-1830
1680-1830
Main
The Commercial/Consumer Revolution
1600 - 1700
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-Consult notes
The Restoration
1660 - 1685
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-Charles II becomes King
-Church serves as midway for King and Parliament
-Religious repression for dissentors (not solved during previous civil war)
-Court = source of political instability (does not approve of Charles II)
The Popish Plot
1667
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-Titus Oates publishes false accusation of Catholic plot to murder Charles II
-Massive persecution of Catholics by the Anglican Church
The Exclusion Crisis
1678
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-Some people wanted to exclude Charles's brother, James, from the throne due to his Catholicism and ties to the French Court
-Divided the nation politically: Whigs supported the bill and Tories opposed it
Monmouth Rebellion
1685
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-Duke of Monmouth (illegitimate son of Charles) wanted to claim the throne
-James puts down the rebellion (marks secure position in early years)
Declaration of Indulgence
1687
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-Allows any religion to be practiced
Financial Revolution
1688 - 1720
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-Bank of England established (1694)
-The Great Recoinage (1696)
-Land and excise taxes created
-Monied interest versus Landed interest; stockjabbing
Warming-Pan Scandal
1688
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-Queen gives birth, but the princess refuses to recognize the child since Parliament does not want another heir like James
Toleration Act
1689
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-Nonconformists are allowed to worship, but not Catholics
Expiration of the Licensing Act
1695
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-No more censorship
Slave Trade Monopoly Abolished
1698
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Coffeehouses
1700 - 1720
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-Coffee house surge in England
-2-3 thousand in London by 1700
-Charles II was against them
-Rise of Commercial Culture
Union of England and Scotland
1707
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Emergence of the Newspaper
1711
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-The Spectator; Addison
The Septennial Act
1716
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-Elections are held every 7 years
-Causes more money to go into elections
South Sea Bubble
1720
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-Over speculation on buying government debt
-Many investors lost money; small economic collapse
-Saved by Walpole
Second Jacobite Rebellion
1745
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-Attempt to regain the Scottish throne and establish an absolute monarchy
Bridgewater Canal
1759
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Industrial Revolution
1760 - 1830
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-Agrarian Revolution
James Watt's Condesor
1763
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Made steam power more efficient
Speenhamland
1765
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-First idea of a minimum wage
-Parish giving poor relief
Middlesex Election Dispute
1768
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-John Wilkes denied MP three times before finally getting a seat in 1774
American Revolutionary War
1775 - 1783
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-Focus on India
-Domestic Concerns; representation; focused radicalism
Somersett Case
1777
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-Slavery unsupported by England and Wales
Gordon Riots
1780
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-Campaign against Catholics
-middling sorts thought that this would ruin the social order
First Notice of Parliamentary Reform on Slave Trade
1788
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William Wilberforce
French Revolution
1789 - 1799
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London Corresponding Society
1791
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-Paine-ites distribute his material
Penitentiary Act
1791
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-Solitary confinement
-Uniforms
-Inspections
Society of United Irishmen
1791
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-Wolfe Tone begins to demand reforms for the Irish political scene
Irish Rebellion
1798
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-Brutally crushed by the British
Combination Acts
1799 - 1800
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-Did not allow political organizations to exist
-Drove activity underground
Act of Union
1800
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-United England and Ireland
-No concessions for Catholics
-Prime Minister (Pitt) wanted to unite the kingdom
Slave Trade Act
1807
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-Slave trade is abolished in Great Britain
Corn Laws Enacted
1815
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-Trade laws that protected cereal producers in the U.K.
-Made it too expensive to import grain
Peterloo
1819
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-Peaceful demonstration is broken by military force
Queen Caroline Affair
1820
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Anti-Slavery Society
1823
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Catholic Association
1823
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-Small cost to join 1 schilling
Catholic Emancipation
1829
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-End of confessional state in Britain
-Done by Tories (ironically)
Manchester-Liverpool Railway
1830
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-First train completed
The Great Reform Act
1832
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-Enfranchised the middle class
-First big reform since the Glorious Revolution
Slavery Abolition Act
1833
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New Poor Laws
1834
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-Poor relief nationalized
-Workhouses implemented
-Surge of anti-poor sentiments
Class Society Forms
1840 - 1880
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Aristocracy, Middle Class, Working Class
Pentonville
1842
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-First modern prison
Reign
Timeline of each monarch
Charles II
1660 - 1685
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James II
1685 - 1688
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-Builds up the British Army
-Reforms the local government (like Louis XIV)
-Increasingly supports Catholicism
William and Mary (William III)
1688 - 1702
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-Establishes a constitutional monarchy
-Shifted to pro-dutch instead of pro-french (trading)
-Whig Dominance
-Growth of the military-fiscal state (excise tax enacted)
-Atlantic Slave Trade
Anne
1702 - 1714
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-Favored the Tories
George I
1714 - 1727
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-Robert Walpole and the Robinocracy (faces oppostion from Tories)
-Whigs become the party of war/foreign trade
George II
1727 - 1760
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George III
1760 - 1820
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George IV
1820 - 1830
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William IV
1830 - 1837
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Written Works
Isaac Newton Principia
1687
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-Newton's Laws
-Scientific Revolution
Two Treatise John Locke
1689
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-attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha and the Second Treatise outlines his ideas for a more civilised society based on natural rights and contract theory.
John Locke Essay Concerning Education
1693
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-Can't rule arbitrarily by obedience
-Education is the path to becoming a free man
The Grumbling Hive Mandeville
1705
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-Society is dominated by self-interest
-greed and vice are supported in society
-Wants to live in a society without morals to hold it back
Lady Credit Addison
1711
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Luxury/Avarice Addison
1711
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Common Sense Paine
1776
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-Ruling tyrannically over the colonies makes no sense
-Blueprint for the American revolution
On Civil Liberty Price
1776
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-Government should protect civil liberties
Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
1776
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-Dealt blow to monopolies
-Wealth is almost infinite, let the market work on its own, self-interests (Mandeville)
-Very uneasy about humanity in a capitalist society; civilizes man (forces them to be frugal)
Celebration of the revolution of 1688 Richard price
1789
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Discourse on the Love of our Country Price
1790
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-Revolution is an upheaval; overthrow of the social order
Reflections on the Glorious Revolution Edmund Burke
1790
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-Nothing revolutionary about Glorious Revolution (restoration)
-Revolution is wrong
-Revolution = irrationality = women
Reflection on the Revolution in France
1791
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Rights of Man Paine
1791
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-Burke is right
-England needs its revolution
Vindication of the Rights of Women Wollstonecraft
1792
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-Women needs universal rights
-Education reform
-Gender roles are incorrect
T.B. Macaulay's Reform Bill
1832
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Manufacturing Populations of England Gaskell
1833
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Self Help Samuel Smiles
1882
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