Peterloo Flashcards
1
Q
Why peterloo happened
A
large protest against the political system in Manchester at St Peter’s Fields in August 1819
2
Q
The protest
A
50,000 people came
A radical speaker henry hunt came to do a speech
Army went to intervene the speech to arrest henry hunt
As result 11 died 400 injured
3
Q
Concequences
A
Goverment praised army
Henry hunt in prisom for 2 years
Banned from meetings over 50 people
Prices on newspapers increased so poor people couldn’t publish anything bad
