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2007-12-19 13:22:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Dear,

REFORM BILL 1832:

The Reform Bill in 1832 extended the franchise to much of the middle class on a uniform basis and redistributed the seats by eliminating rotten boroughs-ancient constituencies with few or even no inhabitants-and giving their representation to new industrial centers.

2007-12-20 04:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by AHMAD FUAD Harun 7 · 0 0

This act changed the voting qualifications in England and Wales so that more people could vote. Even so, just one in five men could vote due to remaining property restrictions. There would be further changes over the next ~80 years which would eventually allow all men to vote by ~ World War I. [ Women were explicitly denied the vote until after WWI in Britain.]
The industrial revolution had changed the population distribution so that more people lived in the factory towns
and cities. These areas with increasing populations were given more representation in the House of Commons with
the Great Reform Act of 1832.
These reforms are a major reason that Britain did not follow other European countries in the revolutions of 1848 which were basically disputes caused by the middle class wanting more say in their government in European countries. Britain had already recognized the need to allow commoners - especially businessmen and industrialists - a larger say in government.

2007-12-19 14:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 0 0

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