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QUIZ MONDAY 9.1-9.4. Thursday. 2 nd /3 rd Period – Prepare for battle! 4 th /5 th /6 th Period Get your clickers Chart Reference 9.3 Notes Random Fact of the Day The average tree in metropolitan area survives only about 8 years!. QUESTION 1.
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QUIZ MONDAY 9.1-9.4 Thursday. • 2nd/3rd Period – Prepare for battle! • 4th/5th/6th Period • Get your clickers • Chart Reference • 9.3 Notes • Random Fact of the Day • The average tree in metropolitan area survives only about 8 years!
QUESTION 1 • One of the overriding principles of the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle, Troppau, and Verona by Austrian Prime Minister Metternich was • The necessity to implement constitutional reforms to save the monarchs of Europe • The need to isolate France and force it to be regular with its indemnity payments • How to fairly distribute the spoils of war taken from France at the Congress of Vienna • The importance of gaining an agreement on a collective security arrangement from the Great Powers that would stamp out revolutionary uprisings in Europe • The necessity of working-class representation in the governments of Europe
Question 2 • Which of the following was a result of the Decembrist Revolt (1825)? • Greece gained its independence • Charles X abdicated the throne and escaped to England • Belgium gained its independence • Nicholas I crushed all opposition to him and ruled like a tyrant • Alexander II freed the serfs
Characteristics of Liberalism • The political outgrowth of the Enlightenment • Believe in… • Liberty of the individual • Equal rights • Government should protect natural rights
Characteristics of Liberalism • DON’T BELIEVE IN PURE DEMOCRACY AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE • Most identify with the bourgeoisie (middle class) • Believe voting rights shouldn’t be extended to the lower classes
Liberalism in Economics • Economics becomes known as the “dismal science” • Adam Smith – Wealth of Nations • David Ricardo • “iron law of wages” • More kids keeps the supply of workers up and wages down • Poverty is impossible to remove
Thomas Malthus • Population vs. food supply
Classical Liberal Thought • Utilitarianism – Jeremy Bentham • Every law should help the greatest amount of people at the greatest possible amount • John Stuart Mill – On Liberty (1859) • A person should be free as long as it doesn’t infringe on someone else’s freedom • Government’s purpose • Absolute freedom of opinion to be protected from both government censorship and tyranny of majority
Impact of Liberalism • Revolutionary Movements • Written Constitutions • Zollverein – 1834 • Economic union of 17 German states which eliminated internal tariffs and established free trade • Free trade was a liberal idea
How About That It’s Friday. • 9.3 Notes • DBQ Exercise (4th, 5th, 6th) • This weekend – 9.4 Podcast • Monday – 9.1-9.4 Quiz • Random Fact of the Day • Most trees are tall.
Liberal Reform in England Slow but steady changes…
1820-1830 in England • Parliament runs the show, led by Prime Minister • Young Tories control the government • Reforms (write a few of these) • Abandon Concert of Europe • Reformed prisons/criminal code • Allowed labor unions • Established the “Bobbies” • Test Act repealed • HAD banned non-Anglicans from office • Civil rights for Catholics
1830 and Onward • Led by Earl Grey, leader of Whigs • Develops British national character
Reform Bill of 1832 • Spurred on by a recent cholera epidemic • People need more proactive government • Provisions • Increased number of voters from 6% to 12% • Kept a property qualification for the franchise • Eliminated rotten boroughs • House of Commons > House of Lords
PARLIAMENT CREATES LAWS TO PROTECTFACTORY WORKERS Parliament’s Actions • Factory Act of 1833 • Limitations on working hours • Destroyed pattern of families working together • Mines Act of 1842 • No kids in mines • Factory Act of 1847 • No boys/women in factory over ten hours
Chartism – Union in Politics • Political movement in England which fights for democracy among all people • Six Points • Movement fails but all measures will eventually be adopted
Other Parliamentary Things • Corn Laws repealed in 1846 • Navigation Laws repealed in 1849 • All goods had to be brought in to England with British ships • The official end to mercantilism • BIG POINT: BECAUSE OF THESE SMALL BUT STEADY CHANGES, THERE WAS LIMITED INTERNAL UNREST IN ENGLAND FROM 1820-1850, UNLIKE THE REST OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE