How was Great Britain able to avoid the revolution in the 1830s and 1840s?

Answer 1

Avoiding revolution in Britain in the 1830s and 1840sIn fact, Britain came close to serious internal strife in 1830-32 and again somewhat later.

It is often said that two of the main reasons that Britain avoided revolution at the time were growing democracy, though it was still far from perfect, combined with a certain willingness on the part of the old elites to accept change. I'd add a third reason which may strike many as odd: by comparison with most of Continental Europe, most of mainland Britain was prosperous.

I like the answer above, also a revolution is defined as a fundamental or complete change in the mode of production in the political and social system, or in some aspects of social cultural or intellectual like. This is not a general change such as a change in rulers politically, it is a revolution. Britain managed to avoid this by, instead of trying to constantly Dodge the issues raised and complaints made, introducing reforms. A litehearted example is a kettle boiling uncontrollably, if the lid is held down then the whole room will eventually get splattered and the person will need a complete face transplant, all he is doing is slowing the inevitability, whereas if the steam is let out slowly in small bursts then the boiling may slow and eventually stop, the reforms were the government letting out the steam