Lord Liverpool And The Tories

Question 1

When was the Peterloo Massacre and facts surrounding this

Answer 1

16th August 1819

• Meeting led by Manchester Patriotic Union
• Henry Hunt was invited to speak about reform
• Local magistrates thought 50,000- 60,000 were present and concerned about a riot so they assembled over 1000 troops and special Constable’s
• Henry Hunt was ordered to be arrested and 15 killed, 400 wounded in struggle

Question 2

When were examples of high wheat prices causing unrest?

Answer 2

• 1812 very high wheat prices along with the fluctuations in trade caused Luddism
• the handloom weavers were at the centre (government made it punishable by death) and problem made worse by economic war

Question 3

How the economic situation impacted radicals

Answer 3

• A cause of Luddism
• 1815 300,000 demoralised soldiers
• The end of the war also led to less of a need for arms etc so trade slumped

Question 4

What were the radicals themselves like?

Answer 4

• Hampden clubs formed in 1812 for upper and middle class people they inspired unions like the patriotic union society
• The radical press was a huge success Political register was a mass audience and Leeds mercury was more respectable
• made little appeal to agricultural workers and couldn’t agree on one thing

Question 5

How did government repression prevent radicals?

Answer 5

• Spies stopped 1817 Hampden club march of blanketers
• 1817 Derbyshire rising also stopped by spies
• Cato street conspiracy with spies
• The Queen Caroline affair along with the extremism of Cato street saw a decline
• 1817 Habeas Corpus suspended
• 6 acts