Luddites: 1811-1813, Went round destroying machines, Unskilled labour taking their jobs, They were skilled weavers + textile workers, Dozens hanged / transported to Australia in 1813, Peterloo Protestors: 1819 - Started as a peaceful protest, Manchester - St Peter's Field, Demanded political power for working classes, 'Votes for men' slogan (+secret ballot), Ended as a 'bloodbath' Army killed c 18 + 600 injured, Swing Rioters: 1830 - Southern and Eastern England, Agricultural riots, End to threshing machines, Motivated by hunger and poor wages, Named after the 'swinging stick of the flail', The Chartists: 1848, Main focus - Parliamentary Reform, Universal suffrage for all men over 21, Secret ballot + salary for MPs, Presented three petitions to parliament, Suffragettes (WSPU): 'Votes for (all) Women' , Used militant tactics - "Deeds not words", Window smashing, arson and chaining to parliamentary railings!, Led by Emmeline Pankhurst - formed in 1903, Colours - Green and Purple, Suffragists (NUWSS): Votes for middle class, property owning women, Led by Millicent Fawcett, Formed in 1897, Peaceful tactics, Petitions and marches and lobbying parliament,

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