1. Cornell Notes: World History: Unit 6: Title Your Reaction: Questions Explanations Ideas Notes from PowerPoint Summary of Lecture:

2. Reform in Great Britain

3. The Luddites: 1811-1816 Attacks on the “frames” [power looms].

4. The Luddite Triangle

5. Ideas: Utilitarianism Individual Freedom Individual Freedom Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill Votes for women & working class Votes for women & working class Government should help working class Government should help working class

6. British Soldiers Fire on British Workers: 19 dead, 700 wounded Let us die like men, and not be sold like slaves! Peterloo Massacre, 1819

7. Reform Act of 1832 Rotten Burroughs – Members of Parliament not representative of population lowered property qualifications Redistributed votes in House of Commons to represent cities

8. British Reform Bill of 1832

9. Chartist Movement 1830’s Wanted … Universal Adult Male Suffrage Salaries for Parliament Secret Ballot

10. The Chartists A physical force— Chartists arming for the fight. A female Chartist

11. Impact of Chartists Abolition of slavery in the colonies in 1832. Abolition of slavery in the colonies in 1832. Sadler Commission to look into working conditions Sadler Commission to look into working conditions Factory Act [1833] – child labor. Factory Act [1833] – child labor. New Poor Law [1834] – indoor relief. New Poor Law [1834] – indoor relief. Poor houses. Poor houses.

12. Anti-Corn League, 1848 Wanted to end tariff on imported grain—hard on factory workers First modern protest group Demonstrations Lectures Posters pamphlets

13. Ireland Controlled by England & Immigrant English Protestants Discrimination against Catholics Potato Famine 1845-50 Demand “Home Rule” Charles Parnell 1921 – Ireland became independent Except Northern Ireland

14. Education Reform Ragged Schools – religious schools for poor 1881 – public schools & mandatory education from 5-10 years old 1918-public secondary schools

15. The Socialists: Utopians & Marxists × People as a society would operate and own the means of production, not individuals. × Their goal was a society that benefited everyone, not just a rich, well-connected few. × Tried to build perfect communities [utopias].

16. Queen Victoria 18 yrs old Reigned from 1837-1901 Height of British Empire

17. William Gladstone Liberal Prime Minister Supported social reforms Education Anti-Poverty Suffrage

18. Benjamin Disraeli Conservative Prime Minister Preserve Aristocracy Supported moderate reform

19. Suffragettes—Women’s Rights Emmeline Pankhurst Demonstrations & marches When jailed went on hunger strikes Women’s Property Acts 1882 Women over 30, Right to Vote 1918

20. Other Reformers Fabian Society—Socialism by gradual reform Labor Party—Trade Unions

22. Manchester, England 1750: 17,000 1850:300,000 2010:480,000