Finacial pressures for change 1780-1834 Paupers and Puperism
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- Financial pressures for change
- Wars with France
- Harvests of 1813 & 1814 were good in England and on the continent.
- Cheap corn was imported which cause our farmers' prices to be kept low
- Problems: war time taxes had to be paid, interest on loans. There was very little work for labourers meaning many had to ask for relief.
- Cheap corn was imported which cause our farmers' prices to be kept low
- Harvests of 1813 & 1814 were good in England and on the continent.
- Agricultural unrest: The 'Swing' Riots
- Arson attacks occurred repeatedly. Poor and workhouses were burned down and demands for increased relief were made.
- Sussex: movement against overseers of the poor. Gentry agreed to demands of increased allowances and removal of an assistant overseer
- Hampshire: combined operation against threshing machines, tithes and overseers of the poor.
- Wiltshire: John Bennett MP made a harsh allowance scale for poor relief in 1817. in 1830 he became target to violent protests.
- Authorities thought the riots were organized after letters were sent by 'Captain Swing'. This led to the home secretary ordering the threat be dealt with.
- 19 rioters sentenced to death, 400 sentenced to transportation to Australia, 644 imprisoned, 7 fined, 1 whipped and 800 acquitted.
- Swing riots created a political climate in parliament, where reform of the poor laws was becoming more than a possibility: it was an urgent necessity.
- Arson attacks occurred repeatedly. Poor and workhouses were burned down and demands for increased relief were made.
- Increasing cost of providing poor relief
- Cost of poor relief was increasing at an alarming rate
- Traditionally parishes looked after their own and raised money to do so. it worked well in stable conditions
- early 19th century society was unstable. the underclass was enlarged and thousands crossed the line from poor to pauper.
- This was made worse by the mobility of the population. hundreds crowded into parishes and claimed poor relief that parishes couldn't afford to provide.
- early 19th century society was unstable. the underclass was enlarged and thousands crossed the line from poor to pauper.
- The poor were increasingly idle which increased poor rates
- Revolutionary potential fear heightened and whether a parish was urban, rural or anything in between, the overall cost to the nation of poor relief was rising.
- Wars with France
- Post-war distress meant the highest numbers of people claimed relief and saw it as a right.
- People didn't like the Corn Law as it kept the price of bread high. Riots broke out as people could not afford bread.
- Problems: war time taxes had to be paid, interest on loans. There was very little work for labourers meaning many had to ask for relief.
- Riots started in over 20 counties (mainly southern and eastern England)
- The poor demanded higher wages and the removal of steam-powered machines that did autumn and winter work
- Agricultural unrest: The 'Swing' Riots
- Arson attacks occurred repeatedly. Poor and workhouses were burned down and demands for increased relief were made.
- Sussex: movement against overseers of the poor. Gentry agreed to demands of increased allowances and removal of an assistant overseer
- Hampshire: combined operation against threshing machines, tithes and overseers of the poor.
- Wiltshire: John Bennett MP made a harsh allowance scale for poor relief in 1817. in 1830 he became target to violent protests.
- Authorities thought the riots were organized after letters were sent by 'Captain Swing'. This led to the home secretary ordering the threat be dealt with.
- 19 rioters sentenced to death, 400 sentenced to transportation to Australia, 644 imprisoned, 7 fined, 1 whipped and 800 acquitted.
- Swing riots created a political climate in parliament, where reform of the poor laws was becoming more than a possibility: it was an urgent necessity.
- Arson attacks occurred repeatedly. Poor and workhouses were burned down and demands for increased relief were made.
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