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THURSDAY.
2nd/3rd Period – Prepare for battle!
4th/5th/6th Period Get your clickers Chart Reference 9.3 Notes
Random Fact of the Day The average tree in
metropolitan area survives only about 8 years!
QUIZ MONDAY9.1-9.4
QUESTION 1
One of the overriding principles of the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle, Troppau, and Verona by Austrian Prime Minister Metternich wasA. The necessity to implement constitutional reforms
to save the monarchs of EuropeB. The need to isolate France and force it to be regular
with its indemnity paymentsC. How to fairly distribute the spoils of war taken from
France at the Congress of ViennaD. The importance of gaining an agreement on a
collective security arrangement from the Great Powers that would stamp out revolutionary uprisings in Europe
E. The necessity of working-class representation in the governments of Europe
QUESTION 2
Which of the following was a result of the Decembrist Revolt (1825)?A. Greece gained its independenceB. Charles X abdicated the throne and escaped to
EnglandC. Belgium gained its independenceD. Nicholas I crushed all opposition to him and
ruled like a tyrantE. Alexander II freed the serfs
LIBERALISM
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.9.3
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIBERALISM
The political outgrowth of the Enlightenment
Believe in… Liberty of the individual Equal rights Government should protect natural rights
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIBERALISM
DON’T BELIEVE IN PURE DEMOCRACY AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
Most identify with the bourgeoisie (middle class) Believe voting rights
shouldn’t be extended to the lower classes
LIBERALISM IN ECONOMICS
Economics becomes known as the “dismal science”
Adam Smith – Wealth of Nations
David Ricardo “iron law of wages”
More kids keeps the supply of workers up and wages down
Poverty is impossible to remove
Thomas MalthusPopulation vs. food supply
CLASSICAL LIBERAL THOUGHT
Utilitarianism – Jeremy Bentham Every law should help the greatest amount of
people at the greatest possible amount
John Stuart Mill – On Liberty (1859) A person should be free as long as it doesn’t
infringe on someone else’s freedom Government’s purpose
Absolute freedom of opinion to be protected from both government censorship and tyranny of majority
IMPACT OF LIBERALISM
Revolutionary Movements Written Constitutions Zollverein – 1834
Economic union of 17 German states which eliminated internal tariffs and established free trade Free trade was a liberal idea
HOW ABOUT THAT IT’S FRIDAY.
9.3 Notes DBQ Exercise (4th, 5th, 6th)
This weekend – 9.4 Podcast Monday – 9.1-9.4 Quiz
Random Fact of the Day Most trees are tall.
LIBERAL REFORM IN ENGLANDSlow but steady changes…
1820-1830 IN ENGLAND
Parliament runs the show, led by Prime Minister
Young Tories control the government Reforms (write a few of these)
Abandon Concert of Europe Reformed prisons/criminal code Allowed labor unions Established the “Bobbies” Test Act repealed
HAD banned non-Anglicans from office Civil rights for Catholics
1830 AND ONWARD
Led by Earl Grey, leader of Whigs Develops British national character
REFORM BILL OF 1832
Spurred on by a recent cholera epidemic People need more proactive government Provisions
Increased number of voters from 6% to 12% Kept a property qualification for the franchise
Eliminated rotten boroughs House of Commons > House of Lords
PARLIAMENT’S ACTIONS
Factory Act of 1833 Limitations on
working hours Destroyed pattern
of families working together
Mines Act of 1842 No kids in mines
Factory Act of 1847 No boys/women in
factory over ten hours
PARLIAMENT CREATESLAWS TO PROTECTFACTORY WORKERS
CHARTISM – UNION IN POLITICS
Political movement in England which fights for democracy among all people
Six Points
Movement fails but all measures will eventually be adopted
OTHER PARLIAMENTARY THINGS
Corn Laws repealed in 1846 Navigation Laws repealed in 1849
All goods had to be brought in to England with British ships
The official end to mercantilism
BIG POINT: BECAUSE OF THESE SMALL BUT STEADY CHANGES, THERE WAS LIMITED INTERNAL UNREST IN ENGLAND FROM 1820-1850, UNLIKE THE REST OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE