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THE REBECCA RIOTS
Background
When ? - Late 1830s/early 1840s Protests against high tolls on new
turnpike roads Protesters were farmers facing
poverty Soldiers sent in 5 leaders transported
Reasons Local farmers were angry at their growing poverty. Tollgates had been introduced on the new turnpike roads. These
were run by different companies so each chose what toll to charge.
Farmers were having to pay rents, taxes and tithes to the Church of Wales even if they didn’t belong to it.
There was also a fear of new workhouses. Violence spread through the 1840s with tollgates being destroyed,
barns and hayricks being burnt and a workhouse being destroyed. The government sent in 1800 soldiers to calm the area. 70
policemen were also sent a rewards were offered for information. A lot of the original protestors left the movement as they felt that
criminals had taken advantage of the riots. Robert Peel set up an enquiry and a Roads Board was set up to
control the turnpikes and tolls and peace returned to Wales.
Divisions in welsh rural Society. Gentry Anglicised + Anglican
Destruction of gates
Agricultural Depression Post 1815
Rising rents
Rising rural unemployment
Local magistrates were mostly English
Protests in Carmarthen in 1801 and 1818 due to shortage and high prices of food
Causes
Why was the government do worried about protests and riots?
Fear of revolution
Need for law & orderFear of losing land
Now…
Read page 79 on how the authorities responded to the riots
Make a table of the similarities and differences between the reactions towards the Peterloo massacre and the Rebecca riots.
Study Sources B and C.How different are these two sources? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [9 marks]