Facts Test Flashcards

1
Q

Give 3 reasons why workers were unhappy during the early 19th Century.

A

Price of bread, corn laws, population rise, urbanisation, mechanisation, war with France, living conditions, unemployment, game laws, repression by government

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2
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What name was given to the people who smashed machinery in mills and what was the origin of the name?

A

Luddites, Ned Ludd said to be first person to smash machinery

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3
Q

Where did the aforementioned protest start and why?

A

Nottinghamshire to protest about the introduction of power looms and loss of earnings

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4
Q

Between what dates did this protest take place?

A

1811-1816

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5
Q

How did the government respond to this protest?

A

Death penalty, imprisonment

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6
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When did the march of the Blanketeers take place?

A

1817

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7
Q

Where were the Blanketeers headed and why?

A

Hunger march to present petition to the Prince Regent by textile workers

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8
Q

How did the government respond to the Blanketeers?

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Spies, troops sent in, only got to Manchester, marchers arrested

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9
Q

What does suspension of Habeas Corpus mean and when did it happen?

A

Right to a trail, 1816/17

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10
Q

What was the name of the government spy who acted as agent provocateur during the Pentridge Rising?

A

Oliver

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11
Q

When did the Pentridge Rising take place?

A

1817

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12
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Who led the Pentridge Rising and what happened to him?

A

Jeremiah Brandreth, hanged

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13
Q

Who was Captain Swing and what did he want?

A

Mythical figure, protesting agricultural workers at threshing machines.

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14
Q

Where was Captain Swing operating?

A

S.E. England (Kent, Sussex, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire) and E England (Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk)

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What was the size of the population in 1815 in Britain and by how much had it grown since 1750?

A

11 million from 7.5 million

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16
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Name 2 new industrial cities in the early 19th Century

A

Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bolton

17
Q

How did the government protect wheat prices and in what year?

A

1815 Corn Laws

18
Q

Where and when did the Peterloo Massacre take place?

A

St Peter’s Fields Manchester, 1819

19
Q

What was the name of the radical who was addressing the crowd at Peterloo?

A

Henry Hunt

20
Q

Name 2 of the ways the government responded to the Peterloo Massacre in the Six Acts.

A

speedy trials, increased penalties for seditious libel, stamp duty imposed on all magazines, public meetings limited, training of people to use firearms prohibited, magistrates given increased power to search properties