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  • Social Conditions In Industrial Great Britain
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    The outcome of the social revolutions of 1830-1833 left Europe in a general sense of discontent. Governments were doing their best to limit democratic movements by restricting voting privileges to the wealthier middle classes. Limited voting power kept the Whig party 'safe'; from radical pressure in Britain. These absurd manipulations of the electorate and parliament encouraged democrats and radicals (middle classes) from all over Europe to protest and eventually uprise. One of the best, most co...
  • William Lyon Mackenzie William Lyon
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    William Lyon Mackenzie William Lyon Mackenzie's life can best be understood if man and legend are separated. William was born on March 12, 1795 in Scotland. Three weeks after his birth, his father, Daniel, supposedly died, but no record of his death has ever been found. William and his mother were said to gone through great hardship, having to move off of Daniel's land. After moving to Dundee, William, who went by the names Willie or Lyon, entered the Dundee Parish School at the age of five, wit...
  • Current President Of The European Parliament
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    The European Parliament On the 7th and 10th of June 1979 the first direct elections to the European Parliament were introduced with each member state member state using its own national electoral system. These elections are held every five years, with the most recent one having being held in 1999. The European parliament has 626 members. The proportion of members a country has is dependent on the population size of a member state. Shown below is the number of members each country can have on the...
  • Parliament For Charles
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    For many years, Parliament has had the power to keep England's rulers under control by checking their power. Sometimes Parliament would go so far as to deny the monarch his finances. James I and his son, Charles I, were two monarchs with which Parliament caused problems. James I and Charles I disputed with Parliament over finances, religion, divine right, and foreign policy, eventually leading to a civil war. Parliament as unreasonably upset when James I ended the war with Spain. Since he made p...
  • Personal Parliament For Charles
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    Select three major problems faced by either the Elizabethan or Stuart Government. Show how they were tackled. How effective, in each example was the government, in achieving it's aims. During the Stuart period in England, it was a time of great change and conflict, largely due to influential members of the governing class. Charles I's rule from 1625 - 29 was epitomized this perfectly. As a monarch was often influenced by conflicting members of parliament who thought that 'they knew best'. As quo...
  • Vote To The Working Class
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    During the 18th Century there had been some significant changes to the lives of the ordinary working class as a result of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. In 1700 98% of the population lived in the countryside and small villages. But by 1800 98% of peasant farmers had been evicted from their land as a result of 'enclosure'. However before the Great Reform Act of 1832 the King and wealthy landowners dominated Parliament and they were unlikely to introduce laws to help working people. ...

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