a tariff is a tax to be paid on goods purchased from abroad

universal suffrage describes a system where all adults can vote

a person who supports the idea that there should be big social and political changes is known as a radical

a person who opposes political or social progress and reform is known as a reactionary

Political radicals and the Peterloo Massacre

History

The development of new technologies will help to contextualise Britain's self-confidence and the expansion of the Empire (Y9). This knowledge will also form a critical basis for pupils' appreciation of the importance of trade and industry, which they will continually re-visit over the remainder of the curriculum.

Pupils have looked at the changing nature of the lives of ordinary people across both the medieval and early modern periods in the earlier half of the curriculum 

The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

supports big social and political reforms

opposes political or social progress and reform

supports use of violence to achieve big changes

Match each key word with its correct definition.

What impact did the Corn Laws have on bread prices?

What percentage of the British population could vote in the years around 1815?

Write the missing word. Radicals argued that universal {{}} was the first step to to solving most of the problems of industrial workers.

British government introduces the Corn Laws

Growing anger at the government leads to a series of radical mass meetings

60 000 attend a meeting at St Peter's Field in Manchester

16 peaceful protestors are killed by Manchester yeomanry

Henry Hunt is arrested by the government and the Six Acts introduced

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Which description of the organisers of the mass meeting at St Peter's Field in 1819 is most appropriate?

Write the missing word. Significant changes which take place over a relatively short period of time are usually described as __________ by historians.

What happened to the monarchy in France during the French Revolution?

death rates were higher in urban areas than rural areas

death rates were similar across all areas of Britain

death rates fell in all areas of Britain, but at different rates

death rates rates rose in most new industrial cities

death rates were often highest in middle class areas of cities

Which of the following statements about death rates during the Industrial Revolution are accurate?

Few cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833

Many cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833

A decreasing number of cotton mills employed children as workers before 1833

new canals built linking industrial areas

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events from the Industrial Revolution into chronological order.

"This area is made up of a maze of lanes"

"I was little prepared for the filth and poverty within the homes"

"Sometimes there were 15 or 20 people living in a single room"

"There was generally no furniture in these places"

Which quote from J C Symons' report on conditions in Glasgow's Wynds best demonstrates that overcrowding was a problem?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Political radicals and the Peterloo Massacre

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.