Protests And Reformers Flashcards
Who forced factory owners to make changes
The emergence of trade unions
What did workers destroy
Machinery
What did droppers view the machinery doing their jobs as
A threat to their income and status
What did prime minister Stanley Percivel have to to do because the Luddites became so bad
He intruduced the frame act
Outlaws frame breaking
Death penalty to those found guilty
Croppers continued do to attack and threaten mills
When did the Luddites stop
After seeing three men hung for killing a mill owner in 1813
What was drafted in 1838
A radical campaign for parliamentary Redford of the inequalities created by the reform bill of 1832 - by William Lovett
What did this reform bill say
Only land owning men could vote
What was this changed to
- votes for all men over 21
- secret ballot
- abolition of the requirement that members of parliament be property owners
- annual parliament elections
When and where was the last time the petition was presented to parliament
At the great chartist meeting on kennington common London in 1848
Woman as Chartists…..
They were also involved in the movement android campaigns for woman to be apart of the charter, some woman also formed their own chartist organizations and some men were against women politicians
Who were reformers
Some members of the middle class and aristocracy
What did they begin to release
How inhuman the factory system had become
What were they for
Capitalism but be,I’ve laws a needed to act on behalf of the factory owners
Learn positive changes
Book
What did terrible working conditions lead to
Various priests that force the government to intervene to prevent another French Revolution
