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Britain
The Great Reform Act 1832
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the beginning of the acceptance for parliamentary change? | As the French Revolution + Nepeolic wars were becoming a distant memory in the 1820s. |
| What were issues that needed addressing? | The unequal distribution of seats, the extension of the franchise and 'rotten boroughs'. |
| What was a reason for extending the franchise? | The middle class were boosting the economy with their textile industries etc. Allowing these guys to vote would be good to exploit them. |
| What did the 1832 Reform Act do? | defranchised 56 boroughs in England and Wales and reduced another 31 to only one MP 67 new constituencies extended property qualification to shoekeepers etc. Give vote to those that paid £10 rent a year |