Age of Revolutions · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Peterloo Massacre (1819)
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16 Aug 1819 — Cavalry charge a peaceful reform meeting of 60,000 at Manchester; eighteen die. Britain’s road ran through reform bills instead of barricades — this is what opening it cost. Remember.
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- Age of Metternich (chapter 11 of Age of Revolutions)
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- The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
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- Industrial Revolution
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