British History Timeline 2

  • Habeas corpus Act

    Habeas corpus Act

    "you can have the body" in Latin. Everyone is entitled to a legal and fair trial when it comes to crime.
  • Establishment of the Bank of England

    Establishment of the Bank of England

    Caused the country to be in debt
  • The Riot Act

    The Riot Act

    allowed troops to use force if people didn’t disperse within one hour.
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    Industrial Revolution

  • Burning down of the Westhougton Mill

    Burning down of the Westhougton Mill

    One of the most violent Luddites’ manifestation. This was considered
    as the first major terrorist acts in Britain according to a local history website. After rioters were arrested, they were executed
    by hanging publicly outside the Lancaster Castle.
    This led to Destruction of Stocking Frames : Machine breaking became a capital crime. Government reaction to the Luddites.
  • The March of the Blanketeers

    The March of the Blanketeers

  • The Peterloo Massacre

    The Peterloo Massacre

  • The Six Acts

    The Six Acts

    repression towrds acts of manifestation.
  • The Queen Caroline affair

    The Queen Caroline affair

  • Royal Pardon of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Royal Pardon of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

    After negotiation between Russel and King IV
  • Catholic Emancipation Act

    Catholic Emancipation Act

    Allowed catholics to sit in Parliament; major religious milestone.
  • Great Reform act

    Great Reform act

    Gave the right to vote to all householders who paid 10 pounds or more in yearly rent. Abolished many "rotten boroughs," and gave more represent to industrial cities. Brought negativeand restrictive toward women, Made changes possible for the future.
  • Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Members of the Friendly Society (union of solidarity between workers) were sentenced to seven years' penal transportation to Australia for violation of the unlawful Oaths Act. Public backlash led to enormous protests, mass meetings and a petition signed by 800,000 people. Their case became a nationally symbolic fight for labourers and workers' rights
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    Victorian Era

  • Custody of Infant act

    Custody of Infant act

    If previously in the majority of the cases the child custody was awarded to the father, the Custody of Infants Act 1839 permitted a mother to petition the courts for custody of her children up to the age of seven, and for access in respect of older children
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry into Children's Employment

    Royal Commission of Inquiry into Children's Employment

    They conducted
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    The Indian Rebellion

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    Economic Depression

    The "Great Depression" of the Victorian Era
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    Social Purity Movement

    Abolishment of prostirution and other sexual activities that were believed to be immoral according to Christian morality.
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    The Berlin Conference

    Scramble for Africa. European powers divided Africa into colonies; Britain gained large territories.
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    The Second Boer War

    Fought in South Africa between British and Dutch settles (Boers); highlighted imperial tensions and brutality