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History A Level AQA Industrialisation andthe People rated A
1783 why was Pitt appointed prime minister - Refused to support Fox-North
coalition and prevented passage of East-India Bill.
1784 why did Pitt win the election - Won the votes of independent MPs, had
support of King, reputation as reformer. 215,000 voters (3% of population)
Commutation Act - 1784 - reduced taxes on tea from 119% to 25%, ended tea
smuggling and increased tax revenue
What was the national debt in 1784 - £240m
1785 reform bill defeated - Proposed redistribution of 72 seats, defeated by Fox
and North as they argued a loss of influence
Treasury Commission of Audit - 1785 - oversaw public expenditure
Sinking fund introduced - 1786 - reduced national debt by £10m until outbreak of
war with France in 1793
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Eden Treaty - 1786 - easier trade with reduced duties but French manufacturers
argued it was favoured towards Britain, ended when war began 1793
Consolidated funds act - 1787 - accounts combined into one, first form of national
accounting
Amended hovering act 1780 - 1787 - ships able to be searched 12miles out of port
Bonded warehouses - Free storage of goods until re-exported or taxed and sold in
the UK. Increased value of imports from £13m 1783 to £27m 1790s
French revolution - 1789 - National assembly called 1789 which established new
constitutional monarchy, storming of the Bastille 1789. Made people fear a
revolution in Britain
Intellectual response to french revolution - Edmund Burke - published 'Reflections
on the Revolution in France' 1790 - celebrated aristocratic concepts of
paternalism, loyalty and aristocracy as the ruling class, argued that any state that
did not accept change would lose the ability to conserve itself.
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Burke was denounced by Thomas Paine who believed that power lay with the
people and their rights.
Reverend Richard Price supported revolution but died in 1791 - before it became
violent
Formation of United Irishmen - 1791 - aimed for parliamentary reform and Irish
independence
Catholic relief act (education) - 1791 - allowed Catholics freedom to practice their
religion and be educated
LCS established - 1792
War with France - Begins 1793
1793 National debt - £170m
Gold payments suspended - 1797 - increased government borrowing and paper
currency issued as alternative but was regional
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