Industrialisation and Protest Flashcards
In what year did Edwin Chadwick publish his report on public health in Britain?
1842
What was the main focus of protest group run by Richard Oasler?
10 Hour day for factory workers
In what year did the swing riots start?
1830
What infamous event occurred in 1819?
The Peterloo Massacre
How did the Luddites get their name?
Ned Ludd who was supposedly the first Luddite
Where did Robert Owen create a model mill town?
New Lanark, Scotland
Which laws drove up the price of wheat and in what year were they introduced?
The Corn Laws 1815
Where did the Swing Riots start and when?
East Anglia, 1830
What crime did the Luddites commit?
Breaking machinery (power looms)
When did the Luddite protests occur?
1811-13
When did the Blanketeers protest take place?
1817
What grievance did the Blanketeers have?
Spinners and weavers out of work
Name 2 provisions of the 6 Acts.
speedy trials, increased penalties for seditious libel, stamp duty imposed on magazines, meetings limited, firearms use limited, properties searched
When the government introduce the 6 Acts?
1819
In what year did the government suspend Habeas Corpus?
1817
