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Social and Economic Reform in Britain CHAPTER 8 SECTION 2

Reforms in Britain Free Trade The Corn Laws Some tariffs eliminated Belief that laissez faire would increase prosperity The Corn Laws High tariffs on imported grain (Wheat, barley, etc) Wanted to keep price of grain high, so wealthy supported 1846-Repealed

Reform in Britain 1807—G.B. became 1st European nation to abolish the slave trade Abolition Movement 1833—Parliament banned slavery In terms of slavery, what happened in those 26 years? Discuss with your neighbor

Reform in Britain 1800s200 crimes punishable by death Capital Punishment 1850reduce no. of deaths Penal colonies—Settlements for convicts Australia

Women Suffrage Women 1900s—Emmeline Pankhurst Both for and against suffrage How do you think Queen Victoria felt about suffrage for women? Discuss with your neighbor 1900s—Emmeline Pankhurst Led suffragists with peace and violence 1918—Parliament granted suffrage to women OVER 30

Ireland Instability Irish never accepted English Absentee landlords settlers who owned large estates but did not live on them Peasants Live in poverty high rent to absentee landlords Irish Nationalism Catholic Emancipation Act Allowed Irish Catholics to vote and hold office Still harsh discrimination and oppression

Ireland Instability Potato Famine Fenian Brotherhood Potatoes destroyed with disease, but landowners continued to export healthy crops. FAMINE Bitterness/distrust of England Fenian Brotherhood Goal: Liberate Ireland from British rule by force Charles Stewart Parnell Leader of Irish Nationalists Wanted home rule

Ireland Instability Prime Minister Gladwell tried to grant liberties Too late 1914—Home rule established for southern counties WWI happened 1921—INDEPENDENCE