Since it was capable of making reform efforts, Great Britain has been able to prevent rebellion in the 1830s and 1840s, unlike certain European countries that refused any other kind of transition (e.g. Russia) The Reform Act of 1832, for example, acknowledges apparent changes that have occurred in British life during the Industrial Revolution, which gave modern manufacturing societies some say in government. The Poor Law of 1834 helped the poor by trying to make them want to work when there was nothing else for them to do. The Corn Laws were revoked, lowering bread prices and benefiting the industrial middle class, who supported free trade.
