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IN BRITAIN 18151848 Karl Marx b elieved that England was ripe for a proletarian revolution PARLIAMENT House of LORDS House of COMMONS Hereditary Nobility amp Church Leaders Elected ID: 237265

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Slide1

REFORM

IN BRITAIN

1815-1848Slide2

Karl Marx

b

elieved that England was ripe for a proletarian revolution.Slide3

PARLIAMENT

House of

LORDSHouse of

COMMONS

Hereditary Nobility

& Church Leaders

“Elected”

(LIMITED Suffrage)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_of_Parliament_series_(Monet

)

Slide4

PROPERTY

REQUIREMENTSTO VOTE & HOLD OFFICE

Photo by

stu_spivackSlide5

House of

Commons

Dominated by LANDOWNERSSlide6

ROTTEN BOROUGHS

Photo by Donald Lee

PardueSlide7

bor·ough

Photo by Donald Lee

Pardueˈbərō

A district, town, or administrative unitSlide8

Which states had the most electoral votes in 1912?

1912 Presidential ElectionSlide9

2012 Presidential Election

Where had the U.S. population shifted by 2012?Slide10

Parliamentary districts did not reflect the population shifts caused by the Industrial Revolution.Slide11

POLITICAL PARTIES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_of_Parliament_series_(Monet

) TORIES

(Conservatives)

WHIGS

(Liberals)

Landed Gentry

BusinessmenSlide12

Rotten Boroughs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses_of_Parliament_series_(Monet

) allowed the Tories to control Parliament.Slide13

AND ENRICH

THEMSELVES

Photo by

epSos

.deSlide14

Corn Laws

Protective Tariff

on foreign wheat“Corn”

(1815)Slide15

PRICES

“Corn”Slide16

The Corn Laws

e

nriched the landed gentry at the expense of everyone else.

Photo by Andrew WilkinsonSlide17

1 / 12

of adult males could vote before 1832.

Photo by stu_spivackSlide18

I really need

to VOTE!Slide19

http://www.britishmuseum.org

Slide20

Redistricting to reflect population shifts

Rotten Boroughs

Reform ACT

of 1832Slide21

Reform ACT

of 1832

Suffrage for the urban

middle

class

(

lowered

property requirements)Slide22

1

/ 6

of adult males could vote after the 1832 Act.

Photo by

stu_spivackSlide23

STILL COULD NOT

Photo by

stu_spivack

5

/ 6Slide24

NO SUFFRAGE

for theWORKING CLASSSlide25

CONSERVATIVE LEADERS

Resisted Working Class

Agitation.Slide26

Peterloo

” MASSACRE1819

The cavalry charged into a working class

protest, killing 15 and injuring hundreds.Slide27
Slide28

CHARTISTS

Working class activists who supported

the People’s Charter1838-1850Slide29

SIX POINTS of

CHARTISm

UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGEEQUAL-SIZED electoral districts Voting by SECRET BALLOT

NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION

PAY

for members of Parliament

ANNUAL ELECTIONS

of Parliament

Slide30

DEMOCRATIC

REFORMSlide31

SIX POINTS of CHARTISm

UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGE

EQUAL-SIZED electoral districts Voting by SECRET BALLOTNO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION

PAY

for members of Parliament

ANNUAL ELECTIONS

of Parliament

Slide32

1.3 million

Signatures

on the 1839 People’s Charter

Photo by Ian

StannardSlide33

The House of Commons

did

not accept the petition.Slide34

1838-1848

DEMONSTRATIONSSlide35

Photo by Robin

Drayton

Chartist Mural in Newport

1978-2013Slide36

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide37

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide38

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide39

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide40

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide41

Photo Source:

South Wales Chartist NetworkSlide42

GREAT CHARTIST MEETING

(1848)Slide43

ChartistsSlide44

Chartists: 300,000

Government: 15,000

Sun. Observer 50,000

Attendance estimates:Slide45

SIX POINTS of CHARTISm

UNIVERSAL MALE SUFFRAGE

EQUAL-SIZED electoral districts Voting by SECRET BALLOTNO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION

PAY

for members of Parliament

ANNUAL ELECTIONS

of Parliament

Slide46

Short term

NOT ACTED UPON

LONG term

All but annual elections eventually took effect.Slide47

FREE

TRADESlide48

ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE

Both liberals and radicals opposed the Corn Laws.Slide49

ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE

Radical

Opposition

LIBERAL

Opposition

Lower Grain

Prices

Cheaper Food

Pay Workers LessSlide50

IRISH

POTATO

FAMINE1845-1852Slide51

1845-1852

IRISH

POTATO FAMINESlide52

HOWcan Parliament keep the price of “corn” artificially high

when people are STARVING?Slide53

Sir Robert

PEELPeel’s administration

“re-peeled” the Corn Laws (get it?). Slide54

REFORM FROM above

RADICAL

AGITATIONSlide55

Reform measures

MINES ACT 1842

CORN LAWS REPEALED 1846TEN HOUR ACT 1847

Passed by Parliament in lieu of Chartist proposalsSlide56

ENGELS TO BRITISH WORKERS

“In order to divert you from the People’s Charter, the only goal important to you, they spawn all sorts of projects for superficial reforms.”

-- Friedrich Engels, MarxistSlide57

Reform > Revolution

Parliament’s willingness to pass modest reforms saved Britain from the revolutionary upheavals that happened on the continent.Slide58

ULTIMATELY

Workers just want

more money

Photo by William

WarbySlide59

AND FOOD

Photo by Rebecca

PartingtonSlide60

NOT A REVOLUTION

Photo by William

WarbySlide61

HMPHSlide62