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England: -1832

England: -1832. Life in England for the Poor. How did Poor People live? Beggars Working odd jobs High poverty rate High crime High fatality rate. Life in England for the Poor. Poor Law

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England: -1832

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  1. England: -1832

  2. Life in England for the Poor • How did Poor People live? • Beggars • Working odd jobs • High poverty rate • High crime • High fatality rate

  3. Life in England for the Poor • Poor Law • The poor law was put into place in order to assist the poor financially, however the laws were not always in favor for (all of) the poor. • 1530-1540: Suppression of the monasteries. • Poor Law Act (22 HenVIII, c.1 2) directed “how aged, poor, and impotent Persons, compelled to live by Alms, shall be ordered, and how Vagabonds and Beggars shall be punished".

  4. Life in England for the Poor • 1597: Poor Law Act consolidated and extended previous acts and provided the first complete code of poor relief. • 1601: Poor Law Act revised, but was not innovative.

  5. 18th Century England and Social Reform • In the beginning of the 18th century, the land of England was still mostly villages and hamlets with the majority of the population living in the south.

  6. 18th Century England and Social Reform • Reform Act of 1832 • The act was designed to “take effectual measures for correcting divers abuses that have long prevailed in the Choice of Members to serve in the Commons House of Parliament.” • Increased the number of individuals who were able to vote.

  7. 18th Century England and Social Reform • The Reform Act of 1832 gave the people of England a voice! • Effects of the Reform Act of 1832: • British politics • Working class • House of Commons

  8. 18th Century England and Social Reform • Reform Act of 1832: Launches modern democracy in Britian. • Sir Erskine May (a British constitutional theroist) said that: "[the] reformed Parliament was, unquestionably, more liberal and progressive in its policy than the Parliaments of old; more vigorous and active; more susceptible to the influence of public opinion; and more secure in the confidence of the people.” • He also mentioned that: “grave defects still remained to be considered.”

  9. References Ballard, Joseph. “England in 1815 as seen By a Young Boston Merchant Being the Reflections and Comments of Joseph Ballard on a Trip Through Great Britain in the year of Waterloo” Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company 1913. Horstman, A. “Political Unions, Popular Politics and the Great Reform Act of 1832” American Library Association dba CHOICE. http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/225907876?accountid=14925 Phillips, John, Wetherell, Charles. “The Great Reform Act of 1832 and the Political Modernization of England” The American Historical Review 100.2 (April 1995) http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/199865308?accountid=14925

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