industrialisation Flashcards
(15 cards)
1st reform act
got rid of rotten boroughs
(towns with 1 mp and barely any voters)
gave vote to middle class men
shifted power away from aristocrats
first step towards democracy
what year was the reform act
1832
chartist movement
working class pushed for more rights
chartists failed but pressured the government
what years was the chartists movement
1830’s-1840’s
what did the working class want
votes for all men
secret ballot
annual elections
second reform act
gave urban working class men the right to vote
doubled electorate
win for democracy
then (1785)
voting= rich landowners
rotten boroughs
woman no voting
no secret ballot
by (1870)
voting = middle + working class (some men)
more equal representation
still no vote
secret ballot (1872)
what year was the second reform act
1867
BEFORE (1785)
SMALL SCALE FARMS
MANUAL LABOUR
RURAL LIFE
COTTAGE INDUSTIRES
AFTER (1870)
BIG FACTORIES
STEAM POWERED ENGINES
CROWDED URBAN SLUMS
MASS PRODUCTION
CAUSES OF INDUSTRIALISATION
INVENTIONS-
RESOURCES-
RAILWAYS-
CAPITAL-
EMPIRE-
STEAM ENGINES
COAL + IRON WERE EVERYWHERE
CONNECTED CITIES AND BOOSTED TRADE
INVESTORS FUNDED FACTORIES
BRITAIN HAD GLOBAL MARKET
KEY MOVEMENTS AND PROTESTS
LUDDITES
NOT ANTI TECH
GOVERNMENT
1811-1816
SMASHING MACHIES
JUST DESPERATE FOR WORK
SENT IN ARMY TO CRUSH THEM
PETERLOO MASSACRE 1819
PEACEFUL PROTESTS FOR VOTING RIGHTS AND BETTER CONDITIONS IN MANCHESTER
SOLDIERS KILLED THE FIRST PROTESTS
SPARKED DEMAND FOR REFORM
CHARTISTS 1838-1848
WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT DEMANDING
VOTES FOR ALL MEN
SECRET BALLOT
FAIRER ELECTIONS
MILLIONS SIGNED PETITION- PARILIAMENT REJECTED
WHAT DID INDUSTRIALISATION DO
CREATED JOBS + EXPLOTING WORKERS
MADE WORKERS PROTEST AND CREATE PETITIONS
POLITICAL REFORM
