Repressive measures implemented by Liverpool 1812-22
1817, suspension of Habeas Corpus
1817, Seditious Meetings Act
1819, The Six Acts, allowed magistrates to seize arms, outlawed public meetings, faster prosecution & trials, stamp duty on papers, seizure of seditious literature and banned military training
Introduction of the Corn Laws (1815)
Kept prices high to help British Farmers
Urban working class reliant on cheap grain
Didn’t make sense economically
Introduction of the Game Laws (1816)
Only landowners could hunt game so set mantraps
Enclosure system removed common land (used to hunt food)
If caught with a net at night you were transported for 7 years
Poachers attacked gamekeepers if risking getting caught to avoid transportation
