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 April 7th 2011 Czar Nicholas II

Very little experience with the government Believed in absolute monarchy Encouraged Russian expansion in Manchuria This provoked war with Japan and Russian defeat led to strikes and riots Was forced to grant a constitution an establish a parliament The revolution led to issues between czar and his Duma, a party helped rule over the country Hired a mystic to help his son with the pain and ease the suffering but turned more people against him

April 12th 2011

Western Democracy

Great Britain - Magna Carta - Developments of the constitutional monarchy - Glorious Revolution - Bill of Rights - Slave Trade Act

France - The French Revolution - Napoleonic Code - Declaration of the rights of man & the citizen - Plebiscite - Napoleon's Meritocracy

United States - American Revolution - Declaration of Independence - Bill of Rights - Emancipation Proclamation - Unalienable Rights - US Constitution

Britain becomes more democratic 1. Explain why reformers sought to change Parliament in the 1800s 2. Describe the values Queen Victoria represented
 * Outdated/old laws kept people from voting.
 * Many people could still not vote, they wanted suffrage extended.
 * Non Anglican Protestants and Catholics fought for a say in government.
 * New population centers had no representatives in parliament.
 * The House of Lords had more power than the House of Commons.
 * Duty
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thriftiness
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hard Work
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Honesty
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Respectability

3. Describe how the liberal and Conservative parties helped bring a new era to British politics
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Suffrage was expanded.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Secret Ballot.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> Parliamentary Democracy
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> The power of the House of Lords is restricted.

Democracy in Britain (Gladstone & Disraeli)

Tories (Disraeli) Conservative Party - reform bill of 1867 giving vote to working class men - an aggressive foreign policy - did not favor home rule

Whigs (Gladstone) Liberal Party - wanted universal suffrage - introduced the secret ballet - not an aggressive foreign policy - favored home rule for Ireland