Inspired by the Revolutions of 1848 and the growth of Irish nationalism they saw that Wales was different from England in having its own language which the majority of its residents spoke and in holding to a nonconformist form of the Christian religion which faced many disabilities in the face of the state church.
Inspirados polas Revolucións de 1848 e a crecida do nacionalismo irlandés eles veron que Gales era diferente de Inglaterra en ter o seu propio linguaxe falado pola gran maioría dos seus habitantes e en aferrarse a unha forma inconformista da relixión cristiá que presentaba moitas diferenzas coa igrexa estatal.