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The Rise of Revolutionaries

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The Rise of Revolutionaries

There was a growth in political suffragette radicals, inspired by the French and American Revolutions.

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Transport and technology

  • There had been an advancement in transport and technology, as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
  • The advancement in transport and technology allowed political ideas to spread to new audiences quickly.
  • The advancement in transport and technology was used as a tool to mobilise civilians to action.
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The Chartists

  • The Chartists were a working-class movement that campaigned for equal political rights.
    • The Chartists supported universal male suffrage.
    • There were many women Chartists but the Chartists did not believe in votes for women.
    • The Chartists also thought giving women the vote might make gaining universal male suffrage harder.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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