Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
The Napoleonic Wars and dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire
Britain was not even to discuss maritime
rights, new territories like Trinidad, Tobago,
Mauritius, Ceylon
Regency
During the reign of George III who became
irrevocably insane, George, Prince of Wales,
was made Prince Regent in 1811 by the
Regency Act
He later became George IV
Period of excess for the aristocracy, the
Brighton pavilion, distinctive era for litearture,
architecture, fashions and politics
Periodic riots, concern for british might imitate
the upheaval of the French Revolution
The Peterloo Massacre 1819
50 000-60 000 peaceful petitioners gathered
on St Peter´s field in Manchester for the
repeal of the Corn Laws
Demonstration was crushed down by cavalry,
11 killed, 400 wounded
Corn Law artifically raised the price of
imported corn to keep it out of British Markets
The campaign for parliamentary