The Blanketeers

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"please stop, your blankets scare me"

Event: Blanketeers 

Date: 10th March 1817



Key individuals: 

set ground work for the Luddites

What was it?

·     Demonstrations organised in Manchester by many Lancashire weaver 
·     They planned to march to London and petition the Prince Regent 
·     It was an act of protest against the Habeas Corpus Act but it was more of an assault against the king rather than the government 

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