Explain why Governments Used of Repression c.1790-1820 or Explain why the Government responded the way it did to radicalism 1790-1820

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1. Fear of revolution

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2. Increasing Radical Activity

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3. War with France

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4. Growth of Radicalism 1790s

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5. Scale and nature of protests in the post war period 1815-22

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6. Lack of police force to maintain law and order

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7. Desire of governments to maintain strict law and order

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8. Penalties imposed on protesters tough so as to deter other protesters

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9. Liverpool following the example set by Pitt in his ‘Reign of Terror’