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 * __Critical Junctures__**

**The seventeenth-Century Settlement** During the 16th and 17th century, there was a lot of conflict with religious, national rivalries, and struggles between the rulers and Parliament. The conflicts began in the Civil Wars of the 1640s.

**Industrial Change and Struggle for voting Rights** Industrial Revolution made a change from land owners to men of commerce and industry. Democratization began in the late 1820s when agitating opinions pressed Parliament to expand the right to vote beyond only landowners with substantial property.

**World Wars, Industrial Strife, and the Depression (1914-1945)** Involvement of economy increased during WWI. I took control of industries, including railways, mining and shipping. It set prices and tried to limit flow of money. After WWI, Great Britain stayed in control of those businesses in a different way. It manipulated the economy to resist demand for workers controls over production and promote extensive ownership in industries. This was complete opposite of Laissez- faire.

**__Important People__** 1.) Winston Churchill: became prime minister in may of 1940 2.)Thomas Corum: Organized the first hospital in Great Britain. 3.)Alexander Hamilton: Commended the " presentations of parliament." 4.) Margeret Thatcher: first female prime minister; created the policy of Thatcherism


 * __Economic Policies__**