The Tory Government reponse to social unrest, 1815-1822. - page 3
Keywords: britain uk tory tories conservatives lord liverpool 1815 1822 industrialisation
By exploiit on 19/06/2010
Level: A Level (Year 12) / AS Level
Page Number: 3 of 3 pages: 1 2 3income tax was a burden which fell far more heavily on the richer classes than the lower, as a means of financing the war. Now that the war had ended, the Tories could afford to abolish income tax, and replaced it with increased indirect taxation on popular items. This act was inarguably a repressive class act, which benefited the richer classes, and had devastating effects in the already unfortunate lower classes.
The Corn Law of 1815, too, was a repressive piece of class legislation. This guaranteed protection of prices for the agricultural or landowning interest from foreign impacts of grain. This therefore stabilized the income of the middle classes, and made it far more expensive for every day consumers.
As a result of radical threat throughout England, the Tory government passed the Suspension of Habeas Corpus Act, which allowed authorities to hold someone without trial for an indefinite period, simple because they were suspected of radical anti-Government behaviour. This repressive action was regarded by many as a denial of basic human rights from the government in the fence of revolution.
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