what did Gladstone's first administration achieve

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Razwan Ashraf

                History Britain- what did Gladstone’s first administration achieve

To a certain extent the Gladstone administration did manage to achieve a great deal, however it wasn’t enough to win the next election. He managed to achieve so many reforms, His first administration was a “great reforming” administration which “ran out of steam” after his first two years in office. Some of his reforms provoked strong reactions. Gladstone was a passionate campaigner for reform perhaps that’s why he had so many reforms going through and also the fact the party was united over Gladstone. Gladstone had a objective which was to “pacify Ireland.” To a certain extent he did manage to achieve this, however you could argue that that the Irish land act caused regression between the relationship of Ireland and England.

The disestablishment of the church of Ireland was a topic for unjustified privileges. Before this act was introduced, Ireland’s official religion was protestant. However this was unjustified for the reason of unfair representation. The majority of the population were Roman Catholics. So this wasn’t a fair representation in actual fact only 12% were protestant. Gladstone soon changed this by introducing the disestablishment of the church act, which tackled this unjustified privilege and unfairness.

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Schools were a key institution of this country. The Education system desperately needed to be improved and certain people needed to be educated. The government introduced the Fosters education act in 1870.The working class had been extended the vote, so they now needed to be educated. The government introduced compulsory school education between the age of 5 and 13. The government set up school boards for each area of a community to deal with schools. Gladstone did manage to improve key institutions in this country. Which was an achievement.  

In 1871 Gladstone managed to set the ...

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