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England's Industrial Revolution and Social Reforms: 1848 Perspective

Explore how England avoided revolutions of 1848 through social and political reforms. Learn about labor movements, Chartism, Irish Famine, and the impact of industrialization on population growth, poverty, and healthcare.

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England's Industrial Revolution and Social Reforms: 1848 Perspective

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  1. Revolutions of 1848: England - George Siokas and Arpita Patnaik

  2. Overlook • Different perspectives • Rights > Privileges • Pax Britannia • Mistress of Seas • Understanding b/w industrialists

  3. Population growth effects • Population growth  Unemployment  Migration • Income • Poverty • Slums • Environmental conditions • Tuberculosis • Cholera

  4. Food • Daily food problems • Shortages • Irish Famine • Cost

  5. Liberalism • Ideas • Further advanced by Rousseau • Social Contract

  6. Revolutions • Revolutions took place almost all around Europe • Austria • France • Germany • Italy

  7. How England avoided their respective revolution. • Working Labor Movement • Chartism • Repeal of Corn Law (British Mercantalism) • Reform act of 1832 • English Factory Acts

  8. Acts passed • Chartism • Political and social reform in the UK • Six Points of the Charter • Leeds and Sheffield • Repeal of Corn Law • Initial intent • “No” to foreign corn!

  9. Other Acts • Reform act of 1832 • changes to the electoral system • Manufacturers’ importance • English Factory Acts • Limits women’s and children’s working time

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