HIS 2326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reform Act 1832, Aristocracy, Free Trade
23 Jul 2018
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Gb was the only industrial economy and made them very powerful. Economic dominance over competitors, no rival for global power: pax britanica. Widespread reform from 1760s to the victorian period. Increased electorate to 750 000: symbolic people moving w/ reform also embraced abolition, changing economy, free trade is advantageous for gb. Increase demand for the removal of aristocratic gov"t emerge in gb and colonies of settlement (canada, australia, etc. : aristocracy don"t go quietly or disappear, slow process, doesn"t come about until the 20th c. Saw their empire as proof of wealth and prestige, those who drove it further saw it as a good thing. Importance of expansion and war: how they transformed/changed the company. 1772-73: british gov"t introduced legislation to bring them under their control: regulating act, co. controlled land, mismanagement. Financial health, london has some control, stop political/military actions. Gen. warren hastings (1773-76) in charge of all 3 territories (calcutta becomes major) and sought to maintain peace.
