Britain in 1906
- Empire
- War
- Society
- Politics
- Issues
- Trade/Industry
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- Britain in 1906
- Politics
- Parliamentary Monarchy
- monarchy is head of state but advised by parliment
- 2 Main political parties
- Conservative & Unionist Party (Tori's)
- Very strong pre 1900
- Lord Salisbury, Joseph Chamberlain, Arthur Balfour
- Liberal Party (Wigs)
- Gladstone, Henry Campbell Bannerman, David Lloyd George
- Conservative & Unionist Party (Tori's)
- Other Parties
- Labour
- In it's youth.
- Founded by Keir Hardie
- Ramsay McDonald
- Irish Nationalists
- Strong presence due to the trouble in Ireland at the time
- Charles Stewart Parnell, John Redmond
- Labour
- Parliamentary Monarchy
- Trade & Industry
- Leader in world trade
- London was the financial centre of the world
- Lots of industry
- Major textiles industries in the north.
- Coal Mining in S.Wales and Yorkshire
- engineering in the Midlands
- Shipbuilding in Liverpool, Belfast & Glasgow
- Steel in Sheffield.
- Shipbuilding in Liverpool, Belfast & Glasgow
- engineering in the Midlands
- Coal Mining in S.Wales and Yorkshire
- Major textiles industries in the north.
- All Industries relied on old methods from the industrial revolution
- Germany and the USA overtook Britain in steel and coal output
- Empire
- 'The Empire where the sun never set'
- Huge Navy which was unrivalled and protected the whole empire
- HUGE - South Africa, Australia, India, Canada etc.
- Splendid Isolation
- No allies/alliances
- caused by the vastness of the empire
- Society
- lots of respect for politicains
- didn't really know what they did though.
- population of 43 million
- Divide between the industrial north and agricultural south
- large gap between the rich and poor
- problems with education and health especially amongst the poor.
- women still didn't have the vote and some working class men didn't either.
- Demand for social reform
- trade unions and humanitarian movements.
- lots of respect for politicains
- Issues
- How much power should the state have over individuals?
- How can poverty be tackled
- Should the franchise be extended
- Should Ireland have Home rule?
- Should Britain Change it's foreign policy
- War
- The Boer War
- 1899-1902
- exposed Britains isolation in the world
- Took place in South Africa against Dutch Boer's /farmers
- Meant to be a quick job but lasted 3 years which made Britain vulnerable
- Spent too much money
- Showed the world Britains brutality
- The first ever civillian concentration camps were created by the British during the War
- Meant to be a quick job but lasted 3 years which made Britain vulnerable
- An up and coming threat from Germany
- made us look for European Allies.
- The Boer War
- Politics
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