Significance of Extra Parliamentary Protest 1790-1819

Significance of Extra Parliamentry Protest 1790-1819

The London Corresponding Society (1792-1793) 

• Wanted a Liberal Revolution, universal suffrage and annual parliaments, founded by Thomas Hardy 
• Aims set out in a key pamphlet in 1792, the Adress of the London Corresponding Societry to the other Societies of Great Britain 
• Charged a very low subscription fee, made up of all classes, mainly working class
• Several reactionary groups established in response, Association for preserving liberty and property against republicans and levelers (1792) 
• Government used loyalist press to circulate propaganda and prop up association movement 

Spa Fields Meeting (1816) 

• Led by middle class leaders such as Sir Francis Burdett…