Peterloo Massacre

the Spa Field riots, Derbyshire rising and Peterloo massacre. A year after the end of the wars with France, demonstrations were being planned for reform; this was due to the fact that businesses had to close down after the war since there was no longer a demand for war material, this left many unemployed. C R Fay argues that Peterloo massacre was a result of inefficient police and the conditions the lower class people worked in – including shopkeepers and manufacturers; this suggests that it was not due to the influence of the French revolution but rather the troops. This suggests that people were influenced by the French revolution to a small extent as they wanted better political leaders who they could vote for. The aim of the meeting at St Peter’s Field was to “listen to speeches demanding parliamentary reform”. From this it is evident that the French revolution did not influence much violence since the aim of this meeting was to keep it as a non-violent event; however, the meeting ended in violence which was largely due to the attempt to break up the meeting. The English radical writer William Hone and cartoonist George Cruikshank released “A Slap At Slop” to show the problems in the constitution; the news sheet was published in 1921 to highlight the “abuses of the political office” and how the constitution was failing to look after its citizens. Hone was a reformer and he released this news sheet criticising the Peterloo massacre as it was a non-violent protest which…

Because of the poor economy of the country, the government created high taxes and tariffs, including the Corn Laws. Eighty million people reunited in Manchester in 1819, blaming the government for the expensive cost of food. At the time, as mentioned, the poor classes didn’t have political representation so they didn’t have a choice, only rich men could vote. During the protest, the military authorities charged into the crowd killing 15 people and injured around 300 - 700. It was called the…

The first problem that Diana and pilot need to face before they work together is multiculturalism. They grow up in completely different world. Diana have not seen male before she see the American pilot and pilot haven’t see an island only have male. Diana is inquisitive about everything of pilot. When they back to the modern society, Diana is highly incompatible with new world. She always holds her shield and doesn’t understand why female in the modern society need to dress so complicate.…

School shootings are something that we know about, in Canadian history they are something we aren 't oblivious to. The Montreal Massacre significantly affected Canada in terms of equality, justice and safety. Numerous individuals had differentiating perspectives on the massacre that took place. Many questions were raised: Why did Marc Lépine shoot and murder fourteen women, while leaving the men alive? Why was Lépine yelling "You’re all feminists?", yet shooting at women who guaranteed they…

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the beginning of a huge revolution. Crispus Attucks played an important role in the American Revolution by his role in the Boston Massacre. On the night of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White, a guard on duty outside Boston’s customs house,was surrounded by a jeering crowd.He reacted by hitting one of them his musket. The crowd grew larger, and eight redcoats came to rescue White. A redcoat fired into the crowd, possibly by accident, and the people panicked. In the chaos that followed, five men…

seen in the lonely figures of the Massacres at Chios along with the “Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery”. The bodies are painted in a traditional style, their magnitudes close to real life but slightly romanticized. The theme of the painting is based on the real life event that had occurred two years earlier to the conclusion of this works. For almost four centuries the Greeks has been under occupation by the Turks but it wasn't until 1822 that the Greeks decided to fight for freedom. The…

In the early hours of September 5, 1972, an awful event occurred in the most unimaginable place. The Olympic Games in Munich, dubbed “The Games of Peace and Joy” quickly became known as the “Munich Massacre”. At 4 o’clock in the morning, a group of eight Palestinian terrorists, disguised as athletes, climbed over the fence into the Olympic Village in Munich. Meanwhile, the Olympic team from Israel was asleep in their apartments in 31 Connollystrasse. The terrorists walked straight to 31…

Olympics became one of the greatest human tragedies in the history of counter terrorism. The paper reviews the principal aspects of the security response to the Munich massacre in 1972. Some of the issues considered include Germany's response to the incident, pre-attack warnings, the level of security preparedness during the Olympics, as well as the role of fusion centers in counter-terrorist operations. The lessons learned from the 1972 Munich Olympics provide effective guidance for the…

The Rape of Nanking The Rape of Nanking was a horrific and brutal massacre. It shows the world’s failure to acknowledge the cruel acts of people who take advantage of their ranks in government, meaning this went on for six weeks, thousands of people were killed, and no other countries even noticed or helped all of those people. is a human rights violation because pretty much all of the human rights were violated especially 3-5. “Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security…