Tolpuddle Martyrs

Question 1

When

Answer 1

1834

Question 2

Who

Answer 2

Agricultural workers lead by George Loveless
•James Loveless
•James Brine
•Thomas Standfield
•James Hammet

Question 3

What they did

Answer 3

Made a trade union: ‘Friendly Society of Agricultural Workers’

Met in secret and swore an oath.

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

1824 TRADE UNIONS BANNED
1830 swing riots
1833 GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION set up

Question 5

Why

Answer 5

1830 poor harvest and a second revolution in France
Farms becoming mechanised
Surplus of agricultural workers

Question 6

Events

Answer 6

They were arrested under an old navy law by their employers
UNLAWFUL OATHS ACT 1797
They were trialled and sent to 7 years transportation in Aus, they had to walk 150 miles to their camps

Question 7

Response?

Answer 7

There was a large successful campaign by William Lovett,
25,000 protested in London — 250,000 signed a petition
The men were allowed back in 1836 and the government left them alone. The GNCTU broke up.

Question 8

What is a Martyr

Answer 8

One who makes great suffering for his beliefs