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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (The Historical Background (Edward VII's reign…

- - - - The Liberal Party beat the Conservatives in the elections of 1906
      - The Labour Party entered the House Of Commons for the first time
      - Geroge V's reign (1910-36)
        
        The Liberal Party introduced:
        
        Heavier taxes on land for the rich
        
        State-funded old age pensions
        
        Health and Insurance Act
        
        Protects workes when they were sick or unemployed
        
        Period of decline
        
        Industrial unrest
        
        The First World War
        
        German empire began to expand
        
        Britain needed allies
        
        Settled old colonial problems with France and Russia
        
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        Germany invaded France
        
        Britain declared war on Germany on 4th August 1914
        
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        Post-War Period
        
        Financial and industrial problems
        
        The Labour Party formed their first government (1924)
        
        Britain was hit hard by the American Wall Street Crash of 1929
        
        High unemployment
        
        The Irish Question