Two “Bookends” of Europe Britain and Russia Two “Bookends” of Europe
Terms—Britain and Russia Queen Victoria (r. 1837 – 1901) Tories (Conservative) Whigs (Liberal) Great Reform Bill of 1832 Nicholas I Crimean War Alexander II Emancipation Edict (1861)
GREAT BRITAIN
King William IV (r. 1830 – 1837)
Queen Victoria (r. 1837 – 1901)
Prince Albert
Victoria and Albert
Great Britain Political change came through gradual reform rather than violent revolution
Great Britain Two-party system: Whig Party—Liberals “We want change now! Reforms!!!” Tory Party—Conservatives “Go slow!!”
Crimean War (1853 – 1855) Florence Nightengale
The British Empire
Reform Reform is used to spread the vote and address social issues Political parties compete for votes by offering reform
Reforms Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 Great Reform Bill of 1832 Slavery is abolished in empire –1833 Municipal Reform – 1835 Repeal of the Corn Laws – 1846 Reform Bills of 1867 & 1884
Russia
Russian Serfs
Decembrist Revolt--1825
Autocracy Absolute monarchy in which the tsar ruled by divine right with absolute power
Nicholas I—The “Gendarme of Europe” / Europe’s Policement (1796 – 1855)
Crimean War (1853 – 1855)
Russian Soldiers in Crimean War
Russian City of Sevastopol –Burned During Crimean War
Losses in the Crimean War
Alexander II (r. 1855 – 1881)
Emancipation Edict -- 1861 Abolishes serfdom!
Russian Writers Use Their “Pens” to Discuss Russia’s Problems Turgenev, Fathers and Sons (1862) Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (1866) Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877)
The “People” Get Involved--Protest Populists – Radicals. Peasant socialists. Some become terrorists. “Narod” – “People” in Russian. Students who went among the peasants to spread the idea of revolution. Become radicals. We see the “people’s will.”