Unit Readings:

    Chapters 22

    Chapters 20-22

Your assignment is simply to read and take notes on  Chapter 22 in the Big Red Book.  Below you will find some notes taken on a section of Chapter 21 - let them serve as a guide for your notes.

The Great Reform Bill in Britain (1832)

• 1830: William IV becomes king of England à New Parliamentary elections held
• In Britain, conservatives and reformers compromised
• Large commercial class in Britain
• Whigs favored moderate reforms that made revolution unnecessary
• Strong British respect for civil liberties
• Moderate Reforms
• Repeal of laws prohibiting labor organizations
• 1829: Catholic Emancipation Act allowed Catholics to hold seats in Parliament à Done in order to preserve order in Ireland
• 1832: Great Reform Bill passed
• Increased # of eligible British voters by almost 50%, but kept a property qualification
• New urban boroughs created to give city dwellers more of a voice in Parliament
• Bill allowed wider variety of property to be represented in Parliament and made revolution unnecessary