Rule of Freedom 1 (Infrastructure)
The repeal of these laws in 1846 by Robert Peel was largely considered to be the moment Britain embraced an "empire of free trade."
Corn Laws
Imperial rule premised on access to British markets, finance, and trade infrastructure (shipping routes, canals, steamships, coaling stations) but not based on political sovereignty was known as
This academic discipline attempted to prove that the scientific study of nature proved the existence of God
Natural Theology
This act liquidated the East India Company and made the Crown the sovereign of British India, commencing the period known as the British Raj
Government of India Act 1858
The grassroots tenants movement in Ireland that organized to buy back land from English, Protestant landowners and violently attacked landowners and the politicians that supported them
Irish Land League
Municipal Corporations Act of 1835
The South Asian practice of Widow Burning, which became central to liberal reform movements in India, was known as what
Sati
These books and essays were considered the quintessential statement of the Natural Theological synthesis, and included studies of hands, fossils, and astronomy among other things
Bridgewater Treatises
This uprising in Jamaica, and the subsequently violent repression Jamaican Governor Eyre imposed to restore order, led to a major reckoning about how best to rule the British Empire in metropolitan Britain
Morant Bay Rebelllion
This conservative leader after Disraeli pioneered the use of the House of Lords Veto as Conservative majorities became harder to sustain
Lord Salisbury (Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury)
Among the planks of this political manifesto were: universal male suffrage, the secret ballot, annual elections, and the payment of members of Parliament
People's Charter
A key Indian liberal who participated in the anti-Sati campaigns alongside Baptist Missionary William Carey was
Ram Mohan Roy
Before Darwin, this scientist did more than anyone else to challenge religion's hold on scientific knowledge by proving that the earth was much older than 6000 years and was not begun after Noah's Flood.
Charles Lyell
This was the political philosophy of Benjamin Disraeli, that sought to solve the class divisions of the British People by uniting them around the institutions of the empire, the church, and the Crown.
Tory Paternalism/Young England Movement
The major leader of the Irish Home Rule party in the late 19th century
Charles Parnell
This philosophy, which underpinned much of Victorian Liberalism, was founded by Jeremy Bentham and was premised on creating a society based on the "Greatest Good for the Greatest Number"
Utilitarianism
This act shifted the language instruction of East India Company officials in India from learning Hindi, Persian, and Urdu to learning English
English Education Act of 1835
This intellectual movement, which originated in Germany, applied scientific methods of scholarship like archival research and philology to the understanding of the Bible as a historical document, not as divine revelation
The Higher Criticism
This was a revival of colorful vestments, the use of incense, and a focus on the mass rather than preaching or the reading of the bible in the second half of the 19th century. It occurred alongside a broader move towards religious pluralism in Late Victorian Britain that saw developments like the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church
Ritualism
This act allowed women to vote in local elections and for schoolboard seats, a major step forward in securing the franchise for women
Municipal Franchise Act of 1869
The major leader of the Chartist Movement
Feargus O'Connor
These two pieces of legislation were key to liberalizing corporate law and governance in Victorian England, beginning to break the hold of monopoly companies on the British economy
Limited Liability Act of 1855
Joint Stock Company Act of 1856
Organized by John Henry Newman, this collective of theologians and priests led a conservative revival within the Church of England that aimed to revive ritualism, de-emphasize literal readings of the bible and preaching, and combat the liberalization of the Church
Oxford Movement
This policy was adopted by the East India Company in the run-up to the Indian Revolt of 1857, and it involved bringing as much land directly under control of the EIC as possible
Doctrine of the Lapse
The act that ended the House of Lords ability to veto money bills, and restricted their use of vetoes on other bills to a maximum of two times
Parliament Act of 1911