Names & Dates
The Dual Mandate
In 1846, Robert Peel repeals these statutes in part in response to the Irish Famine
Corn Laws
This political party was known for its post-war slogan "You never had it so good!"
The Tories
This 1942 document became the foundation for Britain's welfare state
The Beveridge Report
This 1757 event was pivotal in allowing the East India Company to begin to rule much of India
The Battle of Plassey
This 1956 failed invasion is often cited as a key symbol of Britain's weakening power on the global stage
Suez Crisis
This political movement, popular from 1836-1848, was characterized by a gargantuan number of petitions in favor of universal male suffrage, secret ballots, and annual parliaments
Chartism
A play on words from an event during the Napoleonic Wars, this 1819 massacre became a symbol against despotism in the fight for increased suffrage
Peterloo
This destructive 8-month long event during WW2 helped to solidify the war as a "People's War" and increase solidarity.
The Blitz (September 1940-Spring 1941)
This April event took place within a walled garden park, Jallianwala Bagh, and resulted in the death of around 400 people in India
The 1919 Amritsar Massacre
T.R. Malthus published his pivotal "An Essay on the Principle of Population" in this year
1798
This 1916 uprising organized by Irish Republicans catalyzes the Irish War for Independence
Easter Rebellion
This term, coined in 1877 during the Russo-Turkan war, refers to government manipulation of public opinion
Jingoism
In 1968, this politician gave his infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech, presenting a racist picture of the effects of immigration on Britain'
This evangelical group played a critical role in the abolition of the slave trade in 1807
Clapham Sect
In the Act of Union of this year, Scotland is formally joined to England and Wales, creating Great Britain
1707
This 1865 "rebellion" in Jamaica was brutally suppressed by Edward Eyre, leading to an outcry in Jamaica
Morant Bay Uprising
This 1930s movement aimed to document everyday life and social behaviors among "everyday" people, leading to a celebration of Britishness, patriotism, and widespread democracy.
Mass Observation
This government office in place from 1926 to 1933 uses taxpayer money and new propaganda tactics to promote the sale of imperial goods in the metropole
The Empire Marketing Board
Despite giving them independence in 1932, the British reoccupy this nation in 1941 after an armed rebellion is attempted with help from the Axis powers.
Iraq
This 1941 document, a vision of the post-WW2 world focused on self-determination, was the result of a secret meeting between FDR and Churchill in the icy waters of Newfoundland.
The Atlantic Charter
In 1835, this British politician circulated his Minute on Education, symbolizing how the East India Company was moving from "rule in an Indian idiom" to "rule in an English" one
Thomas Babington Macaulay
This 20th-century event, held on the centenary of the Great Exhibition by the Labour Party, aimed to celebrate British identity in the post-war world and stave off fears of decline
Festival of Britain
The 1867 Reform Bill is often referred to by this nickname, as Disraeli did not know exactly how much it would extend the franchise
"Leap in the Dark"
The high commissioner of Malay in 1952 redesigns counterinsurgency tactics based on this slogan
Winning hearts and minds