1838 ⟶ Chartist Movement Emerges in Britain
1838–1857: Chartism a working-class reform movement in Brita...
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🔪 Assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated.⟶
AssassinationBritish PoliticsPrime MinisterPolitical ViolenceNapoleonic Wars
United Kingdom⚔️ British Cavalry Attacks Peaceful Protest at St Peter's Field
Peterloo Massacre in England.⟶
Political ProtestSocial ReformCavalryViolenceHuman RightsBritish HistoryRadicalism
United Kingdom📜 Repeal of Test & Corporation Acts in Britain
Prime Minister Robert Peel secures repeal of Test & Corporation Acts, This gives religious liberty to Nonconformists in Britain but deeply splits Tory party.⟶
Religious FreedomRobert PeelBritish PoliticsPolitical ReformCivil Liberties
United Kingdom🗳️ British Parliament Passes the Great Reform Act
The British Parliament passes the Great Reform Act.⟶
Political ReformParliamentSuffrageVoting RightsDemocracy
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