1. 26.1 Democratic Reform and Activism

2. The Right to Vote in Great Britain
1830-Protests around
England demanding
extension of suffrage
1867-Working class men
are extended the vote.
1832-Parliament passes
Reform Bill extending
vote to middle class men.
1837
Victoria becomes
Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland
1830
1900
Women are finally given the
right to vote after World War I
(1920) in Britain
and the U.S.A
1838-Chartist Movement
sends demands to
Parliament in the
People’s Charter of 1838
1884-Male rural
workers are given
the vote.
Revolution of 1830
in France frightens
Parliamentary leaders

3. Victoria of the United Kingdom
Reign 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901 (63 years)
Coronation 28 June 1838
Predecessor William IV
Successor Edward VII
Consort: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until his death in December 1861)

5. Correcting a myth!
The tobacco was NOT named after the most well known Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pictured left). There were MANY Prince Alberts in European history. The can depicts a man with a full beard. The most famous Albert only wore mutton chops. Note the racism of the advertisement in 1907.

6. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Reign: 6 February 1952 – present (58 years, 61 days) as of 7 April, 2010
Current age: 83
Coronation: 2 June 1953 (aged 27)
Predecessor: George VI
Heir apparent: Charles, Prince of Wales
Consort: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

7. France and Democracy 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus accused of espionage
1898 Author Emile
Zola publishes
open letter
defending Dreyfus
1875 National
Assembly
Agrees on
government
1870
1900
1890s-Zionism emerges
as a movement
working for Jewish
homeland in Palestine.