The Growing Pressure for Parliamentary Reform 1780-1832

Attempts at Parliamentary Reform in the 1780s

• Attempts were made to pass parliamentary reform
• Attempts set out to resolve issues surrounding rotten boroughs and corruption and bribery
• Influenced by campaigning outside of Parliament
• Three attempts were made
• All attempts ultimately failed in 1780s
• George III was opposed to reform
• Divisions between Fox's supporters and Pitt's supporters
• No real attempt at reform after 1785

French Revolution 1789

• Inspired attempts to propose moderate parliamentary reform by the Whigs in 1790s
• Inspired radical groups and socities to campaign for reform and gave them an intellectual foundation
• Gave…