The protest that preceded this event was in response to dissatisfaction with the passage of laws that increased tariffs on imported grain.
The protest that preceded this event was in response to dissatisfaction with the passage of laws that increased tariffs on imported grain. Those laws, known as the Corn Laws, were detrimental to the urban working classes, and they responded by demanding greater participation in Parliament. This event prompted Percy Shelley to write The Masque of Anarchy. In this event, peaceful protests near the city of Manchester were met with fire from the cavalry, resulting in over ten deaths. For 10 points, name this public relations disaster partly named for the field on which it occurred and a Napoleonic defeat.
The protest that preceded this event was in response to dissatisfaction with the passage of laws that increased tariffs on imported grain.
{Peterloo} Massacre (or Battle of {Peterloo})