1. Before the 1850sBefore the 1850s
On the basis that all
adults should have a
vote, it would be 1928
before Britain could be
considered a democracy.
However this problem
was not all that stopped
Britain from earning this
title.
2. Great Reform Act, 1832Great Reform Act, 1832
In 1832 a major piece of
legislation was passed, which
became known as the Great
Reform Act.
The act introduced many
changes, including giving the
middle class the vote for the
first time. It also got rid of
many ‘rotten boroughs’.
3. Before the 1850sBefore the 1850s
However even after the 1832
changes there were still many
reasons that Britain was far
from being a democracy.
100 years this was no longer
the case. What laws and other
reforms helped Britain
change?
