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How Far Was Lord Liverpool's Government Directly Responsible for the popular unrest in the years 1815 - 1821?
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How Far Was Lord Liverpool's Government Directly Responsible for the popular unrest in the years 1815 - 1821? It is without doubt that the period of Liverpool's government from 1815 to 1821 was one of great civil disturbance. It has been alleged that the period was the closest Britain has ever come to internal revolution with the exception of the civil war. Many historians argue that the unrest, clear in the many violent protests and attempted "uprisings" during the period, was due directly to actions taken, and laws passed by the Tory Cabinet of 1815, but how much of this unrest was caused by factors entirely outside the governments control? Historians consider a vast number of factors to have contributed to the crisis, not all of them the government's fault. The government was accused of extreme classist policies. The Corn Laws, one of the more controversial laws introduced by the government,...
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