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Crime & Punishment. Protest!. Protest. Throughout history people have rebelled against authority During the Middle Ages rebels were treated very harshly Rebel nobles were publicly beheaded Peasants were hanged. Case Study: The Peasants’ Revolt (1381).
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Crime & Punishment Protest!
Protest • Throughout history people have rebelled against authority • During the Middle Ages rebels were treated very harshly • Rebel nobles were publicly beheaded • Peasants were hanged
Case Study: The Peasants’ Revolt (1381) • Caused by attempts by the King and nobles to restore prices and wages to pre-Plague level • All over country peasants rose in revolt • Peasants led by Wat Tyler marched to London • The Archbishop of Canterbury was killed • Wat Tyler died but Richard II promised to meet rebel demands
The Peasants betrayed • “Many rebels were taken and hanged in London and elsewhere. Numerous gallows were erected around London and other cities and towns of the south.”
Protest in the 18th & 19th centuries • Law of 1715 made it illegal for groups of more than 12 to meet together. • Rioters could hanged or transported • Often this was the only way for the people to make their feelings known
Popular Protests • Riots were often little more than demonstrations against issues • These included food shortages, sudden cuts in wages, industrialisation, Roman Catholics, and toll gates
The Legacy of the French Revolution • In 1789 the French rebelled against their king • He was executed in 1791 • The British government was terrified that the same would happen here
Britain close to Revolution? • In 1815 very few people had the vote • Meetings were held, like the one in Manchester, to change this • The authorities panicked and sent soldiers in • This was the ‘Peterloo Massacre’
Protest in the 20th century • Why is this woman being arrested? • She is Mrs Pankhurst • She is a leader in the campaign to win the vote for women • She is a Suffragette
What did the Suffragettes do? • To begin with they organised processions, published posters & dropped leaflets • They then started to break windows & chained themselves to railings of Number 10 • By 1913 they began to plant bombs and start fires
What did the government do? • Strong action taken – many Suffragettes imprisoned • Those on hunger strike were force fed • The government introduced the ‘Cat and Mouse' Act – this freed and then allowed re-arrest of hunger strikers