HIST 2F20 Study Guide - Final Guide: Uk Independence Party, Indirect Rule, Deindustrialization
Document Summary
Constitutional monarchy: diminished significance of monarch. Twentieth century: conservatives and labour, various nationalist parties. Twenty-first century: conservatives, labour, liberal democrats, ukip, green part. One of the greatest shifts in modern period is extension of vote: 1780: only 3% of population could vote, 1969: anyone over the age of 18. Reform acts: reform act of 1832, reform act of 1867, representation of the people act 1884, representation of the people act 1918, representation of the people act 1928. Move away from mercantilism to laissez-faire free market capitalism. First and second industrial revolutions: britain at heigh of economic power, considerable export market in manufactures. Early nineteenth century, mixture of direct and indirect rule. Rate of considerable territorial expansion at end of nineteenth century: new or high imperialism. At its territorial peak in 1922, britain empire ruled over some 458 million people ( or 1/5 of the world"s population: almost a quarter of the world"s total lands.
