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British support for the Spanish American revolutionaries was essentially a covert role with both private and state involvement. [1] As a combined form of unofficial private enterprise, the British were able to use their merchants in the hope of cutting the Spanish monopoly.
An Act to continue, until the Twenty fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, an Act made in the Forty sixth Year of His late Majesty, [s] for permitting the Importation of Masts, Yards, Bowsprits, and Timber fit for Naval Purposes, from the British Colonies in North America.
The 1820s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1820, and ended on December 31, 1829. It saw the rise of the First Industrial Revolution . Photography , rail transport , and the textile industry were among those that largely developed and grew prominent over the decade, as technology advanced significantly.
The Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802 (42 Geo. 3.c. 73) was introduced by Sir Robert Peel; it addressed concerns felt by the medical men of Manchester about the health and welfare of children employed in cotton mills, and first expressed by them in 1784 in a report on an outbreak of 'putrid fever' at a mill at Radcliffe owned by Peel.
The number shown after each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3. c.
Running on a platform that advocated something like the self-rule successfully enacted in Canada under the British North America Act, 1867, home rulers won a majority of both county and borough seats in Ireland in 1874. [133] By 1882, leadership of the home rule movement had passed to Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish Parliamentary Party. A ...
The 1820 United Kingdom general election was held on 6 March 1820 to 14 April 1820, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament. Triggered by the death of King George III , it produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King George IV .
An Act for more effectually preventing Seditious Meetings and Assemblies; to continue in force until the End of the Session of Parliament next after five Years from the passing of the Act. Citation: 60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 6: Introduced by: Lord Castlereagh (Lords) Territorial extent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Dates; Royal assent