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1、[www.TopSage.com]5.Whatdoyouknowaboutparliamentaryreform?PoliticalchangeinEnglanddidnotcomethroughrevolutionbutthroughgradualreform.Atthegeneralelectionof1830,theWhigsunderLordGreyreturnedtopowerandwanttocarryoutparliamentalreforms.Therewereseveralreason
2、s.First,powerwasmonopolizedbythearistocrats.Second,representationoftownandcountry,andNorthandSouthwasunfair.Finally,therewerealsovariousrottenorpocketboroughs.So,between1832and1884threeReformBillswerepassed.TheReformActof1832Abolished“rottenBoroughs”,and
3、redistributedparliamentaryseatsmorefairlyamongthegrowingtowns.Italsogavethevotetomanyhouseholdersandtenants,basedonthevalueoftheirproperty.6.WhatdoyouknowabouttheChartistMovementandThepeople’sCharter?What’syourcommentonthem?In1836agroupofskilledworkersan
4、dsmallshopkeepersformedtheLondanWorkingMen’sAssociation.theydrewupacharterofpoliticaldemands(aPeople’sCharter),TheChartistmovementwasthefirstnationwideworkingclassmovementanddrewattentiontoseriousproblem.Chartismfailedbacauseofitsweakanddividedleadership
5、,anditslackofcoordinationwithtrade-unionism.7.HowdidtheLabourPartycomeintobeing?Asthenewworkingclassbecameestablishedintheindustrialtownsinthelate18thcentury,theybecameawareofthepowerwhichtheycouldpossessiftheyactedtogetherinsteadofseparately.Sovariouswo
6、rkingclassorganizationswereformedwhichbroughabouttheformationofapoliticalparty,theLabourParty.TheLabourPartyhaditsoriginsintheIndependentLabourParty,whichwasformedinJanuary,1893andledbyKeirHardie,aScottishminer.Thefoundationofaneffectivepartyforlabourdep
7、endedonthetradeunions.In1900,representativesoftradeunions,theILP,andanumberofsmallsocietiessetuptheLabourRepresentationCommittee(LRC).TheIRCchangeditsnametotheLabourPartyintimeforthegeneralelectionwhichwascalledforin1906.theLabourPartyremainsoneofthetwom
8、ajorpartiesinBritainuntiltoday.8.Whatwasthecolonialexpansionlikeduringthe19thcentury.[www.TopSage.com]1)Inthelate18thcenturyBritainacquiredvast,underpopulatedterritories:Canada,Australia,andNewZealand.2)TheconquestofIndia3
