Rebecca Riots - Explain why the Rebecca Riots ended

Question 1

Economic

Answer 1

• Tolls and roads reformed = removed an economic grievance

Question 2

Social

Answer 2

• Fear of involvement of farm labourers and industrial workers
• Increasing violence
• Change of tactics of small farmers
• Loss of moral legitimacy e.g. killing/deaths

Question 3

Political

Answer 3

• Presence of the military
• Commission of Enquiry
• Glamorgan had a Police Force
• Influence of moderates e.g. Hugh Williams
• Some who were caught and sentences informed on other participants in the riots
• Commission of enquiry was sympathetic (Rebecca achieved its aims?)
• Harsh sentences for those who were caught e.g. transportation

Question 4

Conclusion

Answer 4

Economic reasons