How close did Britain come to revolution between 1815 and 1821?
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How close did Britain come to revolution between 1815 and 1821? Britain was not close to revolution, anytime during the period of time 1815 to 1821. Certain British people were revolutionary with revolutionary intentions but were unable to inspire enough of the population to cause major threat to the government and monarchy. The conditions in which the British were living did not give cause for revolution. A number of the working class were unemployed and generally angry, but nothing compared to the situation in France prior to the French revolution. The public was not on the verge of starvation, the majority of the British people were not unemployed although some were and not enough revolutionary people were gathered together at any one point - mass migration to Paris. If any significant number of the British public during this period were motivated enough for change, it was economical and not political motivation. The...

