Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0926 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Britain Reforms Instead: 1832, 1833, 1834, 1846
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The idea
Britain, liberal already but ruled by a gentry electorate, staved off revolution by reform: Catholics and dissenters admitted to office in twenty-eight and twenty-nine, the Reform Bill of thirty-two, slavery abolished in thirty-three, the Poor Law of thirty-four, the Corn Laws repealed in forty-six.
In practice
Slow, steady liberalization, the anchor's phrase again.
Where people slip
Unit 09 has the detail; here they explain no forty-eight.
Your place on the trail
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