With the ending of the War with France , Great Britain entered a period of greater economic depression and political uncertainty , characterised by social discontent and unrest . The Radical political party published a leaflet called '' The Political Register '' , also known as " The Two Penny Trash " to its rivals . The so-called March of the Blanketeers saw 400 spinners and weavers march from Manchester to London in March 1817 to hand the Government a petition . The Luddites destroyed and damaged machinery in the industrial north-west of England . The Peterloo Massacre in 1819 began as a protest rally which saw 60,000 people gathering to protest about their living standards , but was quelled by military action and saw eleven people killed and 400 wounded . The Cato Street Conspiracy of 1820 sought to blow up the Cabinet and then move on to storm the Tower of London and overthrow the government . This too was thwarted , with the conspirators executed or transported to Australia
Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre
Georgian era