Industialisation

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

The working class and demand for reform


  • Continued through the 1810s
  • Luddite movement rioted and sabotaged machinery
  • Tried to secure minimum wage
  • Proved could riots if wanted to

Demands for parliamentary reforms:
  • Higher classes only represent
  • Pitt proposed a bill to make equal representation but the aristocracy wasn’t going to allow this to happen
  • Unrepresentative- rotten boroughs


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