Britain during the 19th century, overview of the Industrialization

The strengh of the British system of government has always been his ability to stifle any danger of revolution through many reforms. During the 20th century, Britain was the model of liberalism. Britain was a constitutional monarchy where the power of the king was restricted by the parliament (Lord and commons). As the country was becoming bigger (colonies) and stronger (caol and iron production) the system developped in a most democratic way. Politicly, the country …

…that around 50% of those who applied were unfit to join the army. It is a fact that it's because of the terrible poverty that covered the whole country that the liberal government pass those acts. By bringing in those acts, the government main aim was to stifle any danger of revolution in regards to the french one. Another aim was also to bring down the labour party and to evite a total domination of workers.