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1 Georgian era II The Tories and the Whigs The Cabinet The loss of the American colonies The Irish problem  

2 The Tories and the Whigs- British dual party system
The main political conflict from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries

3 World’s first political parties
Became formal in the 18th century Leader of the Whigs - Charles Fox Leader of the Tories -William Pitt

4 The Whigs-The Liberal Party
The Tories – The Conservative Party The Whigs-The Liberal Party Oppose a strong Monarchy Wanted a stronger Parliament Believed strongly in hereditary succession Wanted a strong monarchy

5 The Cabinet

6 The loss of the American colonies

7 The Irish problem Rebellion in 1798
Was against the Kingdom of Britain. Got inspiration from revolutions in America and France. Ireland had autonomy but still bore allegiance to England the United Irishmen were formed to break connections with England, to end religious discrimination, to wide the right to vote. Rebellion lasted for 3 months, claiming the lives of 30, 000 people. Result: Ireland was tied to England even more couple of years later.

8 Theobald Wolfe Tone -The leader of The United Irishmen
Theobald Wolfe Tone -The leader of The United Irishmen. He was captured during the rebillion. Committed suicide at the age of 35. The symbol of The United Irishmen

9 The great Famine From A disease infected a potato crop all over Ireland. Population dropped from 8 million to 6 million people. Effected the lower classes. Major problem was that the food was exported to England and Irish themselves had no money to by their food. About one million escaped. The British government did not to much to help those people.

10 Amii Leppik, Kristel Linnutaja, Mikk Tuisk, Liisi Kerik
THE END Amii Leppik, Kristel Linnutaja, Mikk Tuisk, Liisi Kerik


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