Davison History Department
Main Factors Causing Protests
For each event you have studied in Power and Protest it is important to remember the main factors that caused that protest. This is especially important as the largest question in the section will ask you about a main factor and whether it was the most important in causing protest in the module.
War
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Magna Carta
Simon de Monfort
Pilgrimage of Grace
English Civil War
Corn Laws
Immigration
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Religion
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Magna Carta
Simon de Monfort & Provisions of Oxford
Pilgrimage of Grace
English Civil War
Cromwell and Commonwealth
Abolition of Slavery
Factory and Social Reform
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Government
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Cromwell and Commonwealth
American Revolution
Peterloo Massacre
Great Reform Act
Abolition of Slavery
Factory and Social Reform
Trade Unions
Immigration & race riots 1958 and 1981
Miners Strike 1984
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Economy
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Magna Carta
Provisions of Oxford
Peasants Revolt
English Civil War
American Revolution
Tolpuddle Martyrs
Chartists
Corn Laws
Match Girls and Dockers Strike
The General Strike
The Miners Strike
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Chance
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Peasants Revolt
Pilgrimage of Grace
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Individuals
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Provisions of Oxford - Simon de Monfort
Peasants Revolt- Wat Tyler and John Ball
Pilgrimage of Grace – Robert Aske, Thomas Cromwell
English Civil War – Oliver Cromwell
Peterloo Massacre – Henry Hunt
Abolition of Slavery – Wilberforce, Sharp, Clarkson, Equiano
Factory and Social Reform – Fry, Shaftsbury, Butler, Chadwick, Owen
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Communication
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American Revolution
Abolition of Slavery
Peterloo
Chartists
Suffragettes
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Ideas like Democracy, representation in Parliament and equality
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Magna Carta
Provisions of Oxford
Peasants Revolt
Pilgrimage of Grace
English Civil War
Cromwell and Commonwealth
American Revolution
Great Reform Act
Abolition of Slavery
Chartists
Trade Unions & Tolpuddle Martyrs
Suffragettes
Task
For each of the event can you explain how the factor influenced or caused the event?
