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Six Acts

The Six Acts were legislation introduced by the Liverpool ministry to prevent future disturbances following the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester on 16 August 1819. The acts were intended to suppress any meetings for the purpose of radical reform. Élie Halévy considered them a panic-stricken extension of "the counter-revolutionary terror ... under the…

Details of the acts, The setting, and the passing of the acts & Repeal of the acts, and their influence

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Details of the acts

Unlawful Drilling Act 181960 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4TransportationMunicipalMagistrates
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The setting, and the passing of the acts

YeomanryParliament of the United KingdomWhigsNewspapersFrench Revolution
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Repeal of the acts, and their influence

G. M. TrevelyanPittite
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Liverpool ministryPeterloo MassacreManchesterRadicalÉlie Halévy
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Citation
60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 2
Commencement
18 December 1819[a]
Expired
25 March 1822[b]
Long title
An Act to authorise Justices of the Peace in certain disturbed Counties to seize and detain Arms collected or kept for purposes dangerous to the Public Peace to continue in forc…
Relates to
Unlawful Drilling Act 1819 · Pleading in Misdemeanor Act 1819 · Seditious Meetings Act 1819 · Criminal Libel Act 1819 · Newspapers, etc. Act 1819
Repealed
5 August 1873

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The setting, and the passing of the acts

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Six Acts

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Six Acts

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related to Details of the acts · 17
Six Acts → Additional, Arms Act, Blasphemous, Geo, Misdemeanor Act, More, Publishers, Seditious Libels Act, Seizure, Stamp Duties Act, The, The Criminal Libel Act, The Newspaper, The Pleading, The Seditious Meetings Act, The Unlawful Drilling Act, Training Prevention Act
Relates to · 5
Six Acts → Criminal Libel Act 1819, Newspapers, etc. Act 1819, Pleading in Misdemeanor Act 1819, Seditious Meetings Act 1819, Unlawful Drilling Act 1819
Citation · 1
Six Acts → 60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 2
Commencement · 1
Six Acts → 18 December 1819[a]
Expired · 1
Six Acts → 25 March 1822[b]
Long title · 1
Six Acts → An Act to authorise Justices of the Peace in certain disturbed Counties to seize and detain Arms collected or kept for purposes dangerous to the Public Peace to continue in forc…
Repealed · 1
Six Acts → 5 August 1873
Repealed by · 1
Six Acts → Statute Law Revision Act 1873
Royal assent · 1
Six Acts → 18 December 1819
Territorial extent · 1
Six Acts → United Kingdom

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geo act 1819 acts meetings 60 seditious six arms drilling peterloo also law newspapers public order united kingdom unlawful pleading

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Six ActsCitation60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. 21.00infobox
Six ActsCommencement18 December 1819[a]1.00infobox
Six ActsExpired25 March 1822[b]1.00infobox
Six ActsLong titleAn Act to authorise Justices of the Peace in certain disturbed Counties to seize and detain Arms collected or kept for purposes dangerous to the Public Peace to continue in forc…1.00infobox
Six ActsRelates toUnlawful Drilling Act 18191.00infobox
Six ActsRelates toPleading in Misdemeanor Act 18191.00infobox
Six ActsRelates toSeditious Meetings Act 18191.00infobox
Six ActsRelates toCriminal Libel Act 18191.00infobox
Six ActsRelates toNewspapers, etc. Act 18191.00infobox
Six ActsRepealed5 August 18731.00infobox
Six ActsRepealed byStatute Law Revision Act 18731.00infobox
Six ActsRoyal assent18 December 18191.00infobox
Six ActsTerritorial extentUnited Kingdom1.00infobox

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