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unit 6 UK history (1688-1990) (Colonial Expansion (Dominions (Canada,…
unit 6 UK history (1688-1990)
Party
Whigs
reduce Crown patronage
sympathy for nonconformists
care for merchants and bankers
Tories
preserve king & church
dislike nonconformists
afraid of mob riot
obey law
Radicals
utilitarianism - Jeremy Bentham
efficient government
free trade (laissez faire)
Agriculture
traditional-open field village
✅ ideal for simple life
❌ waste land / labor / time; difficult livestock; barrier to experiments
reason for revolution
productivity → profits
Enclosure Act: land
Result
bigger farms
more goods, varied diet
disaster for tenants
new class hostility
The Industrial Revolution
bad: applling condition of work man
"Luddites"
good
workshop of the world
towns grew rapidly
1836-1848 Chatist Movement
reasons
aristocrats monopoly
unfair representation
rotten/pocket boroughs
3 bills
The Reform Act of 1832
New Poor Law of 1834
People's Charter
failed
no coordinate with trade-unionism
immature working class
weak and divided leadership
significance
Lenin's comment
1st nationwide working class movement
Colonial Expansion
Dominions
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
New foundland 1583
Africa
Cape Town
Egpyt
China
20th Century
Between 2 wars
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
strike
WWII (1939-1945)
Chamberlain's policy (appeasement)
outcome
financial difficulties
end of empire
250,000 casualties
WWI (1914-1918)
Central Powers vs. Allies
result
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
outcome
loss of manpower
disruption of economy and society
Post-war
1960s
1970s
1950s
1980s
1940s
end of empire
Pre-war
feminist movement
1911 Parliament Act