11, Pressures for Change

Question 1

When and where did Luddism begin?

Answer 1

1811- Nottinghamshire

Question 2

What did the Luddites do, and who is supposed to have led them?

Answer 2

Smash machinery that had been replacing their jobs- Ned Ludd

Question 3

Why did the Yorkshire Croppers start protesting via Luddism?

Answer 3

They had been ignored when they had tried to petition Parliament

Question 4

Which woollen manufacturer was murdered by four “Luddites”?

Answer 4

William Horsfall

Question 5

What was the term “Radical” used to describe?

Answer 5

Any individual or group that wanted political change

Question 6

Which radical MP was a driving force behind the campaign for the abolition of slavery?

Answer 6

William Wilberforce

Question 7

When was the slave trade abolished?

Answer 7

1807

Question 8

What year were the Spa Field Riots, and what happened?

Answer 8

1816- Crowds had come to listen to the radical Henry Hunt speak on his petition to the Prince Regent for parliamentary reform. Poor organisation led to fighting and the emergence of an angry mob

Question 9

Who were the Blanketeers and what year did they march to London?

Answer 9

`1817- A group of cotton workers planned to march from Manchester to London to petition to the Prince Regent about the state of the textile industry in Lancashire and the suspension of Habeous Corpus. The marchers were violently dispersed

Question 10

When was the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 10

1819