John keats portrait

Poetry and politics in the romantic era

By morganelova
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    Reign of George III

  • Declaration of Independance (US)

    Declaration of Independance (US)
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    Romantic Era

  • Start of the French Revolution

    Start of the French Revolution

  • Terror

    Terror
    Changes the view England had of Revolutions.
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    War betwen France and England

  • Napoleon Emperor of France

    Napoleon Emperor of France

  • Keat's Odes published

    Keat's Odes published
    Five odes:
    - Ode on a Grecian Urn.
    - Ode on Indolence.
    - Ode on Melancholy.
    - Ode to a Nightingale.
    - Ode to Psyche.

  • Peterloo Massacre

    Peterloo Massacre
    Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.

  • The Reform Act

    The Reform Act
    It reapportioned constituencies to address the unequal distribution of seats and expanded franchise by broadening and standardising the property qualifications to vote.