Radicalism and the Irish Issue

1. Foreign Policy

• Berlin Conference of 1878

2. The Economy

• Agricultural Depression
• New Corn Laws?

3. The New Liberal Party

Whigs and Radicals

• Joseph Chamberlain

Birmingham--Local Democracy

• City Council
• School Board
• "The Caucus"--Birm. Liberal Assoc.
• Mayor 1873-1876

Gas and Water Socialism

• Free Public Library
• Free Public Art Gallery
• Municipal Water Supply
• Public Housing/Slum Clearance
• Taxes/Visibility

   

Nonconformists

• The Civic Gospel
• R. W. Dale
• Carr's Lane Chapel

National Liberal Federation--1877

• Radicalism on a national scale

Colonial Wars 1878-79

• Afghanistan
• Zulus

Gladstone's Political Offensive

• Midlothian Campaign
• Classes vs. the Masses
• Foreign Policy and Morality

1880 General Election

Disraeli RIP 1881

Gladstone's Second Administration 1880-85

• Mistrust of Chamberlain
• Foreign Policy or Radicalism?
• Occupation of Egypt 1882
  • Protect Suez Canal

Ireland

• Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenians)
• Irish Land League

Charles Stewart Parnell

Captain Boycott

Coercion Bill of 1881

Irish Land Act of 1881

"Three F's"

• Fixity of tenure
• Free Sale
• Fixed rents

Parnell in prison, 1881-1882

Phoenix Park Murders 1882

• Lord Frederick Cavendish
• Bombings
• Scotland Yard--Special Branch
• Anti-Catholicism revived

Polarization on Irish issue

Define "radicalism" in British politics.

Why did Parnell become an important figure in British politics?