Industrial revolution (governm

How far did popular unrest contribute to political reform? The pressure supplied by large numbers of people and many different lobby groups at the time of early industrialisation, did to a large extent, help forge a way for political reform, however it was not the only factor. In the metamorphosis period of industrialisation where British industry went from cottage to factory styles of production, the working classes suffered a huge fall in living and working …

…were the unionism and lobby groups which were formed at this time. Chartists, Marxists and the many other groups were prevalent and strong in number. They challenged the aristocracy with more civilised methods than straight out violence and therefore played by their rules which perhaps made them a strong movement of political progression. Thus popular unrest played its part in political reform, and it was a large part, but many other factors contributed as well.