Protest Movements Flashcards

1
Q

Give 3 reasons why workers were unhappy during the early 19th century

A

Price of bread, corn laws, living conditions

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2
Q

What name was given to people who smashed machinery and mills in mills and what was the origin to the name?

A

Luddites,Ned Ludd was said to be the first person to smash machinery

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3
Q

Where did the aforementioned protest start and why

A

Nottinghamshire
, to protest about the introduction of power looms and loss of earnings

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4
Q

Between what dates did the aforementioned protest take place?

A

1811-1816

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5
Q

How did the goverment respond to the aforementioned protest

A

Death penalty and imprisonment

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6
Q

When did the march of the Blanketeers take place?

A

1817

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7
Q

Where were the Blanketeers headed and why

A

Hunger march to present petition to prince regent by textiles workers

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8
Q

How did the goverment respond to the Blanketeers

A

Spies, troops sent in, only got to Manchester, marchers arrested

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9
Q

What did suspension of Habeas Corpus mean and when did it happen

A

Right to trail, 1816/17

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10
Q

What did the government of the day do to cause Pentridge Rising?

A

Agent Provocateur, Oliver

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11
Q

When did Pentridge Rising take place 1817?

A

1817

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12
Q

Who led the Pentridge Rising and what happened to him?

A

Jeremiah Brandreth, hanged

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13
Q

Who was Captain Swing and what did he want?

A

Mythical figure, protesting agricultural workers at threshing machines

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14
Q

Where was Captain Swing operating?

A

S.E England (Kent, Sussex, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire) and E England (Suffolk, Cambridge, Norfolk)

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15
Q

What was the size of the population in 1815 in Britain and by how much had it grown since 1750

A

11 million from 7.5 million

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16
Q

Name 2 industrial cities in the 19th century?

A

Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bolton

17
Q

How did the government protect wheat and in what year?

A

Corn Laws, 1815

18
Q

Where and when did the Peterloo massacre take place

A

St Peters Fields Manchester 1819

19
Q

What was the name of the radical who was addressing the crowd at Peterloo?

A

Henry Hunt

20
Q

Name 2 ways the government to the Peterloo massacre in the Sixth acts

A

Speedy trials, stamp duty imposed on all magazines, public meetings limited