Tag: why did people want to vote?

The Chartist movement organized major petitions to Parliament in 1839, 1842, and finally in 1848, which was the year of widespread European revolutions.

The Representation of the People Act, commonly known as the Great Reform Act, was passed by the British Parliament in 1832 to expand the franchise.

The WSPU was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903, restricted membership to women, and its members were famously dubbed the Suffragettes by the Daily Mail.

Royal assent to the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 was given and the Metropolitan Police Service was established on September 29, 1829 in London as the first modern and professional police force in the world. Hence, Option A is correct. In 1839, the world's first commercial electric telegraph line came into operation. 1849 marks the advent of Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood in art, in 1859, a solar flare is observed for the first time, hence, these options are incorrect.

Prior to the Great Reform Act of 1832, the electoral system was highly restrictive, and it is estimated that only about 3 percent of the total population in Britain had the right to vote.

The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), led by Millicent Fawcett, advocated for the vote through constitutional means and were known as Suffragists.

The Peterloo Massacre, where cavalry charged into a crowd of protesters demanding parliamentary reform, occurred at St Peter's Field in Manchester in 1819.

The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1917. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership and policies were tightly controlled by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel and Sylvia (although Sylvia was eventually expelled). Hence, Option A is correct. The suffragists were members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and were lead by Millicent Garrett Fawcett during the height of the suffrage movement, 1890 – 1919. Bourgeoisie (in Marxist contexts) means the capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production. Hence, these are incorrect. 

The Bow Street Runners, often considered the first professional police force in London, were established by Henry Fielding in 1750.