Lord Liverpool Flashcards
1
Q
What party was Lord Liverpool a part of?
A
Tory
2
Q
Examples of protest 1812-1822
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- Radical press
- Luddites
- Hampden clubs
- Mass petitions
- Mass meetings
- Prince Regent 1817
- March of the Blanketeers 1817
- Pentrich Uprising 1817
- Peterloo Massacre 1819
- Cato Street Conspiracy 1820
- Queen Caroline Affair 1820
3
Q
What did war in France impact?
A
Trade and economy
4
Q
Examples of radical press
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- T.J Wooler’s Black Dwarf
- William Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register
- read aloud at mass meetings to people demanding Parliamentary reform
5
Q
The Luddites
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- Machine wrecking 1811-1812 when workers threatened with job loss
- suppressed by military intervention
- Machine wrecking became a Capital offence in 1812
- 1813 16 Yorkshire Luddites executed
6
Q
Hampden clubs
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- set up by Major John Cartwright in London 1812
- wanted abolition of Corn Laws
- produced pamphlets and broadsheets supporting Parliamentary change
7
Q
Mass petitions
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- coercive element 1816-1817
- 700 petitions 1817
- to show authorities the force of public opinion
8
Q
Mass meetings
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- Spa Fields in London in November and December 1816
- organised by Spenceans
- main speaker was Henry Hunt
9
Q
Prince Regent 1817
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- January 1817 Prince Regent was mobbed
- carriage window smashed
10
Q
March of Blanketeers 1817
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- 4500 men to deliver petition to Prince Regent to relieve distress in Northerm textile districts
- most didn’t go further than Stockport
- 1 Blanketeer killed
11
Q
Pentrich Uprising 1817
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- government spy “Oliver”
- 2 minor uprisings
12
Q
Peterloo Massacre 1819
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- 16th August 1819
- Henry Hunt
- yeomanry sent by local magistrate to arrest Hunt
- inexperienced yeomanry led to violence
- 11 died, 400 injured
- meant to be peaceful (children attended)
- created martyrs which Hunt wanted
13
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Cato Street Conspiracy 1820
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- Dr James Watson and other revolutionaries planned a rebellion
- government spy George Edwards infiltrated conspiracy
- Arthur Thistlewood and 4 accomplices arrested at meeting in Cato Street for high treason and were executed
14
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Queen Caroline Affair 1820
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- Caroline wanted to claim her position as Queen
- Whigs and radicals supported Caroline’s claim
- Caroline became symbol of radical cause
- Caroline stopped from entering Coronation service and died of fever 3 weeks later
15
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Corn Laws 1815
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- forbade import of foreign wheat until price in Britain had reached 80 shillings per quarter
- to ensure British wheat growers didn’t face low prices
