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In July 1819, the magistrates wrote to Lord Sidmouth warning they thought a "general rising" was imminent, the "deep distress of the manufacturing classes" was being worked on by the "unbounded liberty of the press" and "the harangues of a few desperate demagogues" at weekly meetings.
Hace 12 horas · The government, however, initially tried to downplay the significance of the event, with Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary, describing it as an "unfortunate transaction" (Reid, 2018, p. 224). In the longer term, however, the Peterloo Massacre had a profound impact on British politics and society.
Two hundred years ago, on Monday 16 August 1819, a peaceful gathering in Manchester escalated into an indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians. How did this event, known as the ‘Peterloo Massacre’, spin so quickly and wildly out of control? Rotten Boroughs and Political Corruption.
28 de sept. de 2019 · La masacre de Peterloo: el violento choque de clases que cambió para siempre a Reino Unido - BBC News Mundo. Stephen Bates * Revista BBC History. 28 septiembre 2019. Getty Images.
The Peterloo Massacre. On 16 August 1819, around 60,000 peaceful demonstrators gathered in St Peter’s Field, Manchester to hear pro-democracy speakers discuss the need for parliamentary reform....
In this lesson, students examine a letter sent to the authorities in Manchester on behalf of Lord Sidmouth, the Home Secretary on 4 August 1819. Sidmouth gave advice on the steps to be taken...
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition ...
