Georgian era II The Tories and the Whigs The Cabinet The loss of the American colonies The Irish problem

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Georgian era IIThe Tories and the WhigsThe
CabinetThe loss of the American coloniesThe
Irish problem 
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The Tories and the Whigs-British dual party
system

• The main political conflict from the late 17th to
  the mid-19th centuries

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Worlds first political parties

• Became formal in the 18th century
• Leader of the Whigs - Charles Fox
• Leader of the Tories -William Pitt

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The Whigs-The Liberal Party
The Tories The Conservative Party

• Oppose a strong Monarchy
• Wanted a stronger Parliament

• Believed strongly in hereditary succession
• Wanted a strong monarchy

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The Cabinet
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The loss of the American colonies. The beginning

• Causes
• No representation in Parliament for colonists
• Additional taxes in colonies
• No right to import some products from other
  countries
• 1765-1766 Violent protests against the Stamp
  Act
• 1773 The Boston Tea Party

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The loss of the American colonies. The war
1775 The War of Independence began. July 4,
1776 The Declaration of Independence 1783 The
Treaty of Paris, peace
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The Irish problem

• Rebellion in 1798
• Was against the Kingdom of Britain. Got
  inspiration from revolutions in America and
  France. Ireland had autonomy but still bore
  allegiance to England. 1791 the United Irishmen
  were formed to break connections with England, to
  end religious discrimination, to wide the right
  to vote. Rebellion lasted for 3 months, claiming
  the lives of 30, 000 people. Result Ireland was
  tied to England even more couple of years later.

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Theobald Wolfe Tone -The leader of The United
Irishmen. He was captured during the rebillion.
Committed suicide at the age of 35.
The symbol of The United Irishmen
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The great Famine

• From 1845-1850. A disease infected a potato
  crop all over Ireland. Population dropped from 8
  million to 6 million people. Effected the lower
  classes. Major problem was that the food was
  exported to England and Irish themselves had no
  money to by their food. About one million
  escaped. The British government did not to much
  to help those people.

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THE END

• Amii Leppik, Kristel Linnutaja, Mikk Tuisk, Liisi
  Kerik