British reform movement

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historical movement political movement social movement

The British reform movement was a broad 19th-century campaign for political, social, and economic changes in the United Kingdom, including expanded suffrage, parliamentary reform, and improved civil rights.

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prison reform movement ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical movement → political movement → social movement →
aimedAt	economic reform → electoral reform → expansion of public education → expansion of suffrage → extension of the franchise → improvement of civil rights → improvement of working conditions → parliamentary reform → redistribution of parliamentary seats → reduction of political corruption → reform of rotten boroughs → reform of the Corn Laws → reform of the Poor Laws → regulation of child labour → religious equality → social reform →
country	United Kingdom →
hasEffect	development of British liberal democracy → expansion of the British electorate → growth of mass politics in Britain → modernization of the British parliamentary system →
hasPart	Corn Laws debate → surface form: "Anti-Corn Law movement" Chartism → surface form: "Chartist movement" Parliamentary reform movement → Reform movement of 1832 → civil rights reform movement in the United Kingdom → education reform movement in the United Kingdom → factory reform movement → municipal reform movement in the United Kingdom → poor law reform movement → suffrage movement in the United Kingdom → trade union movement in the United Kingdom →
influenced	Factory Act 1833 → surface form: "Factory Acts" Mines Act 1842 → Municipal Corporations Acts → surface form: "Municipal Corporations Act 1835" Reform Act 1832 → Reform Act 1867 → Corn Laws debate → surface form: "Repeal of the Corn Laws" Representation of the People Act 1884 →
influencedBy	Enlightenment political thought → Industrial Revolution → evangelicalism → liberalism → utilitarianism →
location	England → Great Britain → Scotland → Wales →
mainRegion	Britain NERFINISHED →
opposedBy	Conservative Party (UK) → surface form: "Tory Party"
startTime	19th century →
supportedBy	Radical politicians → Whig Party → middle-class reformers → working-class organizations →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Hunt → influenced → British reform movement →

Elizabeth Fry → movement → British reform movement →

this entity surface form: "prison reform movement"

James Mill → movement → British reform movement →