Archive for April, 2008

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  Sunday, April 20th, 2008

  The Catholic Emancipation Act was a forced decision that split the Tory party and brought the Whigs to power in 1830. The Whigs were determined to reform the Parliament and the parliamentary fran­chise, which had not changed since the reign of Elizabeth I. The electoral fran­chise and distribution of seats in Parlia­ment were in a […]