Liberal Reforms in Great Britain and its Empire Reform Movements arose in Great Britain in response to the problems of the Industrial Revolution Key Vocabulary and Key Figures Key Terms Suffrage Suffragettes Aborigines Maori Key People Queen Victoria Benjamin Disraeli William Gladstone Emmeline Pankhurst Lord Durham Rock the Vote Great Britain looks to extend suffrage to most of Great Britain and fix voting methods The Middle Class Gain a voice in Parliament by redrawing voting boundaries Seats were moved from rural areas to industrial areas Whigs and liberals and radicals combine to form the Liberal Parties Reform School Workers see improved working conditions with the Factory Act of 1832 Education became free and widespread Taxes on Grain and Corn were abolished The Charist movement looked to equalize parliamentary representation A Prime Example Queen Victoria gives More Power to Her Prime Ministers Conservative Benjamin Disraeli gained control of the Suez canal for Great Britain and made Queen Victoria Empress of India William Gladstone expanded free education, brought a secret ballot to Great Britain and Redrew districts to promote equality Yes, we have no Potatoes Ireland did not like British rule and paying taxes to the Anglican Church Ireland Wanted self Rule, but Great Britain wanted to keep them under their control Britain made policies to hurt Irish Farmers who were left to suffer Many Irish Fled to the US in the 1850’s while others sought reform from the British Government Re-Reform Socialist party gains support among workers in Great Britain Great Britain introduces old-age pensions, health insurance and unemployment insurance through raised taxes Great Britain begins to weaken the power of the house of Lords Re-Re-Reform Parliament becomes a salaried full-time job at 400 pounds a year Women, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, looked for the right to vote Women will not get the right to vote until after World War One OH! Canada Canada begins the move for self government in the 1830’s Great Britain looks to avoid mistakes of the revolutionary war and unites upper and lower Canada Great Britain gives self-governance to Canada by creating Four Provinces in upper and lower Canada Britain eventually gives Canada more independence as Gold is discovered in the northwest and as its territory continues to grow G’Day Mate Settlers from Asia begin move to Australia 40,000 years ago Australia begins as a prison colony of Great Britain but settlers and convicts begin to settle the land Colonists, convicts, and aborigines begin to clash over land with the aborigines being killed by disease and racial conflict Great Britain makes Australia a commonwealth giving Australia more independence As Australian economies grew, social programs begin to expand New Zealand New Zealand is claimed by Great Britain in the 1840’s when they sign a treaty with the Maori New Zealand gained self-governance again in 1852 Original Maori and the new inhabitants clash over land with many Maori Dying in warfare and because of Disease Women get right to vote in 1893, the first country to allow women to vote