1. Democratic Reform in Great Britain
CHAPTER 8 SECTION 1

2. Great Britain
1815: G.B. = constitutional monarch with two political parties
House of Commons elected; less than 5 % could vote
House of Lords held veto power
Hereditary nobles and high-ranking clergy
Reformers wanted change

3. Change in Great Britain
Catholics and non-Anglican Protestants couldn’t vote or serve in Parliament
1820s gained the vote
Rotten Boroughs
The shifting population during I.R. left villages empty
Locals still sent members to Parliament
Hugely populate under represented due to I.R.

4. Change in Great Britain
Whig Partymiddle class/business intrests
Tory Partynovles, landowners, and high income
Reform act of 1832
Redistributed seats in House of Commons.
Enlarged electorate (voters)
Still needed property

5. How did the Great Reform Act of 1832 affect large towns and Rotten Boroughs? How did it affect the common folk? Was it full democracy?
Discuss with your neighbor

6. Change in Great Britain
The Chartist Movement
Wrote the People’s Charter
Demanded universal male suffrage, annual elections, and salaries for members of Parliament
Where have we seen salaries for Parliament?
Secret Ballot
Why is this important?
Unsuccessful
Millions of signatures ignored

7. The Victorian Age Queen Victoria=Greatest symbol in G.B. at time
Victorian Ideals
Duty, thrift, honesty, hard work, and respect
Strict morals
Reformers began to push back

8. British Politics
Benjamin DisraeliPushed Tories into the modern Conservative Party
William GladstonePushed the Whigs into the Liberal Party
Both were Prime Ministers back and forth

9. British Politics Suffrage Parliamentary Democracy
Disraeli/Conservatives=Reform Bill 1867
Vote to many
Gladstone/Liberals
Extended vote to farmers, and others
Parliamentary Democracy
Form of government in which the executive leaders are chosen by and responsible to the legislature and are also members of it