Timeline Flashcards
1
Q
1768
A
Sabotage of new cotton spinning technologies
- Laws in place, protection of the stock farms act 1788
2
Q
1803
A
Scattered anarchists
3
Q
1811-1816
A
Luddite movement
- 17 executed in 1813
- Around 14000 soldiers sent into applied areas
4
Q
1815
A
Napoleonic wars
5
Q
1816
A
Spa field riots - London
6
Q
1817
A
Derbyshire/Petrich rising
7
Q
1819
A
Peterlod massacre
- 1000 troops assembled
- Arrest of Hunt
calvary charge - 15 killed 400-700 wounded
8
Q
1820
A
Cato street conspiracy
9
Q
1830
A
Swing riots
2000 arrested
500 sent to Australia
600 imprisoned
19 executed
Passing of the Great Reform Act 1832
10
Q
1838
A
Chartist movement
Moral force chartists
Physical force chartists
11
Q
1839
A
Petition rejected by parliament- unrest crushed by authorities
12
Q
1842
A
Another petition rejected-more unrest arrests
13
Q
1848
A
Third petition rejected- 7000 troops brought in
14
Q
1867-84
A
Reform acts
15
Q
Canal mania
A
1790-1810
