Concetti Chiave
- The First Reform Bill of 1832 in Britain allowed only property owners to vote, excluding the working classes.
- The Chartist movement arose in response, advocating for six key reforms including universal male suffrage and annual parliaments.
- Other Chartist demands included payment for MPs, secret voting, and abolishing property qualifications for candidates.
- The Victorian era saw technological advancements like steam-powered machinery, railways, and the telephone.
- These innovations contributed to a general sense of optimism during the period.
After French Revolution, Britain had turned politically conservative. The First Reform Bill (1832) excluded the working classes and only property ownership can vote.
These factors gave the beginning of Chartist movement. There were 6 points:
1) Votes for all males
2) annually elected parliaments
3) payment of Members of Parliament (so that also working-class men could become MPs --> parlamentari)
4) secret voting
5) abolition of the property qualification for candidates seeking election
6) the establishment of electoral districts equal in population.
Also in this period there were positive aspects, such as technological innovations:
1) Steam-powered machinery
2) Development of Railways (faster)
3) Mail service
4) Telephone
5) Printing (proliferation of literary)
So there were general feelings of Optimism.
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