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Why did the Conservative Party split in 1846? – Ed Pearson When Peel announced that he supported a repeal of the Corn Laws that protected the landed classes it
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Why did the Conservative Party split in 1846? - Ed Pearson When Peel announced that he supported a repeal of the Corn Laws that protected the landed classes it resulted in his resignation and the split of the Conservative Party and arguably therefore Peel was the 'founder of modern Conservatism' (Gash). However although the issue of repeal was the main issue that delivered the final blow to the party, as R Stewart states 'the rot had set in some years before.' The Great Reform Act had created within the Conservatives a party of movement and a party of resistance. One was a more liberal type of conservatism, which aimed to appease to prevent the spread of democracy; the other was anti catholic and protectionist, the old conservatism. It was the clash of these two groupings that led to the eventual split in the party. The split although having many causes had...
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