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Protest during 19th Century in industrial Britain Flashcards

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  1. When were the Combination Acts passed?
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1799/1800

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  1. In what year did the Luddite protest start?
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1811

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  1. In what areas did the Luddite protests take place?
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Nottingham, and the north of England

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  1. How did the government respond to the Luddite protest?
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Brought in the Frame Breaking Act of 1812

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  1. What was the name of the mythical leader of the Luddites?
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Ned Ludd

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  1. What was the motivation of the Luddites?
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handloom workers whose jobs were being replaced by steam-powered looms

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  1. How long did the Luddite protest last?
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6 Years

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  1. What extreme action happened a year after the Luddites began?
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An outspoken anti-Luddite mill owner, William Horsfall was shot dead outside Huddersfield

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  1. When did the Swing Riots take place?
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1830-1831

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  1. What was the difference between the Luddite and the Swing Riots?
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Industrial versus agrarian protest

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  1. Give 2 reasons for the outbreak of the Swing Riots. 2 marks
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Poor harvests in the late 1820s, introduction of the threshing machine, winter unemployment as a result of the new machine, poverty, hunger

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  1. Why did the Swing Riots shock the government? Give 2 reasons.
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Because in times past agricultural workers were seen as docile and not liable to riot, they employed the same tactics as the industrial workers/Luddites, fear of revolution, landed gentry and their role in parliament

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  1. What action did the Swing rioters take?
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threatening letters, signed Captain Swing, hayricks burned, intimidation, breaking of threshing machines

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  1. What is interesting about the reaction to the Swing rioters by local magistrates?
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Often treated with leniency, only 19 executed, a degree of sympathy with the rioters from the local magistrates who tried them

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  1. Who started the 10 Hour Movement?
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Richard Oastler and George Bull

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  1. Give 2 reasons why the 10 Hour Movement was successful?
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Religious conviction of the organisers, single issue politics, peaceful petitioning rather than violence, long working day e.g. up to 16 hours but often 10-12 hours, some mill owners saw the benefits of having a healthy workforce, Whig MP John Hobhouse had tried to bring in a law in 1825 to limit a working day for children, Oastler wrote a letter to the Leeds Mercury in 1830

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  1. Name the 2 Tories who took up the cause of the 10 Hour Movement? 2 marks
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Michael Sadler MP and Lord Ashley Peer

18
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  1. When did the Pentrich Rising take place?
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1817

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  1. How did unemployed spinners and weavers in Manchester react to their poor situation in 1817?
A

Blanketeers arranged a march to London to take a petition to the Prince Regent.

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  1. How did the government respond to the wave of early 19th Century protest?
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transportation, spies, extreme punishment, hanging

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  1. What were the 6 parts of the Six Acts? 6 marks
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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

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  1. Why was the Suspension of Habeas Corpus an extreme move for the government?
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Suspension of Habeas Corpus permits arrest without trial and imprisonment without charge

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  1. When was the Suspension of Habeas Corpus?
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1816/7

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  1. What was the penalty for stealing a rabbit in the Game Laws of 1815?
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Death/execution

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  1. How did the Napoleonic Wars contribute to the problems that working class people faced?
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400,000 soldiers were demobbed and arrived back looking for work

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  1. What happened at the meeting at St Peter’s Fields in Manchester in 1819? 2 marks
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Sabre charge by yeomanry into the crowd killing 11 and injuring 400

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  1. What was the name of the radical speaker who spoke to the crowds at the event at St Peter’s Fields in Manchester in 1819?
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Henry Hunt

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  1. What nickname was given to the Manchester event in 1819?
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‘Peterloo’ Massacre

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  1. How did the government react to the Manchester event in 1819?
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The government reacted harshly and brought in the Six Acts

30
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  1. When did the 10 Hour Movement eventually have success?
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1847

A Level Britain 1785-1870 (19 decks)

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