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!

QUIZ MONDAY9.1-9.4

QUESTION 1

One of the overriding principles of the congresses of Aix-la-Chapelle, Troppau, and Verona by Austrian Prime Minister Metternich wasA. The necessity to implement constitutional reforms

to save the monarchs of EuropeB. The need to isolate France and force it to be regular

with its indemnity paymentsC. How to fairly distribute the spoils of war taken from

France at the Congress of ViennaD. The importance of gaining an agreement on a

collective security arrangement from the Great Powers that would stamp out revolutionary uprisings in Europe

E. 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)?A. Greece gained its independenceB. Charles X abdicated the throne and escaped to

EnglandC. Belgium gained its independenceD. Nicholas I crushed all opposition to him and

ruled like a tyrantE. Alexander II freed the serfs

LIBERALISM

SOMETHING DIFFERENT.9.3

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 MalthusPopulation 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 ENGLANDSlow 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’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

PARLIAMENT CREATESLAWS TO PROTECTFACTORY WORKERS

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