Exhibit:

Ashley Aldridge England 1819 Gallery

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England 1819 is about the Peterloo Masacar and why the masacar happened under the rule of King George IV.

The Massacre of Peterloo took place in Manchester England on August 16,1819. This massacre killed 18 people and injured many. King George IV ruled at the time and he and his father King George III did not care about the low class people. This event happened becuase the people wanted to take back what was theirs. 

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King George III

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[c] – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was ...
King George IV

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later. He...