1. Chapter 23 Section 1

2.  Queen Victoria  Victoria Era  Benjamin Disraeli  Suffrage  Emmeline Parkhurst

3.  Growing prosperity of the working and middles classes led to demand for goods  1800 landowning aristocrats made up Parliament  Some industrial cities had no representation

4.  Britain wealthy male property owners could vote  Catholics and Jews could hold political office  House of Commons not paid so only wealthy served

5.  British liberals were challenging the old order  People demanded greater political participation  Reform Act of 1832 gave representation in Parliament

6. Gave the vote to the middle class Increased eligible voters by 50% Reduced power of the aristocracy Only men with a certain amount of property could vote Prevented many working class from voting

7. Investigate treatment of children in factories – Harmful conditions – Mistreatment – Long hours – Low wages Passed the Factory Act of 1833 Teenagers could not work more than 12 hours Children 9-13 had to receive two hours of school

8.  1833 Parliament abolished slavery  Government would compensate slave owners  Passed public health and crime laws to improve living conditions

9.  1839 Chartists demanded  voting rights for all men  Secret ballot  Annual elections  Pay representatives in parliament  Secret ballot prevented intimidation during voting

10.  Parliament rejected their ideas  Turned down the People’s Charter  By the end of the 1800’s many of their reforms had been passed

11.  1837 Queen Victoria  Reign lasted to 1901 longest in British history  Became more democratic during her reign

12. Benjamin Disraeli- Prime Minister, member of Conservative party Slow to accept reforms Wanted to preserve the past Gladstone was a liberal More progressive to solving society’s problems

13.  Disraeli put forth a new reform bill  1867 one out of every three men could vote  Another bill created the secret ballot  1885 Gladstone pushed a reform bill that extended voting rights even further

14.  Suffrage- the right to vote  Women’s rights were raised during the Enlightenment  1800’s women not equals  Could not own property  Not considered legal guardians of their children

15.  Queen Victoria against women’s right to vote  “Mad, wicked folly.”  1886 Disraeli argued for women’s right to vote  Said if a women could be queen or own land they should be able to vote

16.  Millicent Garrett Fawcett  -lobbied members of Parliament  Signed petitions  Educated the public  Emmeline Pankhurst  Founded Women’s Social and Political Union  “You have to make more noise than everyone else”

17.  1918 Parliament grants the right to vote  Women over the age of 30  1928 women have the same voting rights as men

18.  1801 Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom  Act of Union joined England, Scotland, and Wales  Some Irish hated British rule  British landlords owned much of Ireland’s land

19.  Had power to evict Irish farmers  Several times in the 1800’s the potato crop failed  Left many with no food or income  1 million starved  1.5 left for the U.S.

20.  Ireland continued to export food during the famine  Left Irish ports for England  British officials encouraged the trade  Did not want to harm British economy

21.  Famine made people more resentful  1860’s Irish began to fight for change  Violent protests  Ireland wanted to govern itself  Ireland received limited self government in 1920

22.  Colony controlled by Britain  Some spoke French  1837 rebellions in Canada  1838 Lord Durham wanted to unite Canada  Form “a great and powerful people“

23.  1867 united several Canadian colonies  Power to govern themselves  Canada becomes a dominion  Canada developed its own identity but remained close to Britain

24.  Canada became model of self government  1700’s Australia used for prisoners  1800’s discovery of copper and gold brought settlers  1901 Britain granted self rule

25.  Britain made a deal of land for self rule  Maori people  New Zealand became a dominion  1893- New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to vote