St. Peter's Field Massacre

Question 1

When

Answer 1

Sunday 18th August 1819

Question 2

Who

Answer 2

Working class men woman/children , came to listen to Henry Hunt who was speaking about the ENFRANCHISEMENT of working men

Question 3

What were they doing

Answer 3

Mass meeting/parade, political speeches and banners with ‘Votes for all!’ and ‘Liberty’. 60,000 people

Question 4

Motives

Answer 4

Improve conditions for working class and demobalised soldiers by gaining suffrage and therefor the governments attention

Question 5

What occurred

Answer 5

Manchester magistrates feared a revolution so sent the MANCHESTER YEOMANRY cavalry into the crowd with Sabres resulting in the death of 11 and 400 wounded

Question 6

Punishments

Answer 6

Lord Liverpool (the PM) passed the ‘six acts’ and sent 10,000 troops to the area.

Hunt and leaders blamed and sentenced to two years in prison

Question 7

Outcome

Answer 7

The press heavily criticised the ‘Peterloo Massacre’.

Eventually reform acts in 1832 1867 and 1884 gave more people the vote