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Britain 1890 - 1918
This timeline is about Britain from 1890 - 1918 made by James Macleod -
General Election 1892
Liberals won this election. -
General election of 1895
Conservative and Liberal Unionist -
NUWSS formation
It stands for national union of women's suffrage societies. It was a suffrage society that was very determined to achieve their purpouse of votes for women, they never resorted to violence to do so. They organised public meetings, organised petitions and published newspapers to achieve their goal. -
General election of 1900
Conservative and Liberal Unionists won -
WSPU formation
It stands for womens social and political union. It was a violent suffrage group which only allowed women, it was most known for hunger strikes, breaking windows in prominent buildings and arson of unoccupied houses and churches. The prime minister at the time agreed with their views but felt "Obliged to do nothing to do all about it" -
General election of 1906
The Liberals won -
WPSU Demonstrations
The WPSU began a series of demonstrations, leading to the arrest and imprisonment of many of their members. They got attention from the prime minister, he agreed but didn't want to do anything about it. -
Trade Disputes act
It ruled that unions weren't liable for damages because of strikes -
Workers Compensation Act
It granted compensation for injuries at work, so it helped working class families -
School medical inspections
Now schools checked children for medical problems to get treatment, but few authorities provided it -
Coal mines regulation act 1908
Was passed by the liberal government and limited the amount of hours a miner could work per day to eight hours which made conditions better for them -
General election of 1910
Liberals won -
General election of December 1910
The Liberals won (Also the last election prior to ww1) -
The Shops Act
Shop assistants were granted a weekly half-day. Maximum working week of 60 hours -
Cat and Mouse act
This act was made to deal with the hunger striking suffragettes. This act let prisoners who were so weakened by hunger striking that they were at the risk of death to be released until their health recovered then they would be imprisoned again. -
Start of WW1
The War lasted until November the 11th 1918 and introduced a lot of new technology for warfare -
Pals battalion
Pals battalions was a system where you would be sent to fight with your friends which would encourage people to fight for Britain in WW1 which is what the british government wanted. Pals battalions was originially seen to be a good thing, but towards the end of the war these battalions were decimated, and some areas of britain has barely any men left as all their men were killed and the impacts were devastating to people. When conscription was introduced in early 1916, UK stopped
the system -
DORA act
It stood for defence of the realm act which gave the government a lot of powers during the war period such as requisiotioning buildings needed for the war effort. It also censored british citizens and controlled what people could say. Lots of anti war activists were sent to prison. -
Bombing of british cities
Germany used zeppelins to bomb british cities but the zeppelins were very hard to fly during the night or rain. Germany missed most of their bombing raids on major cities and missed London once and hit hull instead. -
Derby Scheme
The derby scheme was where men could volunteer for the forces and they completed one days service with pay and went home and waited to be called upon when they were needed. 2 million men volunteered during this period but half were married and the british government promised to call the single men first. As a result of this in early 1916 single men were conscripted then 5 months later married men were conscripted. -
Conscription
Conscription was introduced during ww1 in early 1916. Conscriptions means that it is compulsory to enlist to join the war which helped britains man power during the war. Only men could be conscripted, first it was single men who were conscripted but 5 months later married men were too. -
Rationing
At the end of WW1, people were running low on food as it was increasing in price day by day. The goverment introduced rationing which was a way of sharing food fairly. Sugar, meat, butter, flour, margerine and milk were all rationed so everyone got what they needed. People were given ration cards which they would buy food from specific shops. Everyone had ration cards, even the royal family! Anynone caught cheating could be fined or sent to prison -
Women get the vote
Women could now vote if they were over 30 years old, males over 21 could vote too. There was still a long way to go for suffragettes. -
General election of 1918
Coalition liberal won the first election in which women over the age of 30, and all men over the age of 21, could vote. It was called immidietly after ww1 ended.
