After the collapse of the Wellington's government in 1830, it took two years, a general election, and widespread violent demonstrations for Earl Grey's Whig coalition to pass a Reform Bill. ... Instead the bill continued the British tradition of equating political influence with landed wealth by instituting a uniform £10 property qualification in the boroughs. ... Despite resistance from both Kings and peers, the Reform Act was passed. ... The reform movement was no longer satisfied with the premise that property formed the basis of citizenship. ... Indeed 1832 saw perhaps the...

• Word Count: 1943
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Marx believes as capitalism grows, competition will increase causing power to fall into less and less hands until there are only two classes left, "the property owners and the propertyless workers (Marx, 70)." ... As it was stated above Marx believed history is exhibited through class struggle, he believed a struggle between "the property owners and the propertyless workers " would erupt into a revolution were the proletarian class, working class, overthrows the bourgeoisie, the ruling class. ... The main principle of the Communist state is described as the "abolition of private property (Marx...

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Their access to property and monetary rewards are definitely unequal to an ordinary factory worker since these people are the sources of capital in any form of industry. ... But judgments should not be passed that easily to upper class people because some of them have worked hard to get to the top. ... It is estimated that a regular employee would be able to build his/her own house in a period of 10-15 years, while upper classes could have their properties the day after they decided to have one. ... They are members of the "mob", the big bulk of the population who are passive receivers of laws...

• Word Count: 1753
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Men of Renaissance Florence and centuries after that wanted children to pass things onto after death and to have a woman that could not do this was disgraceful., ...he must have two reasons for marrying: the first is to perpetuate himself with children, the second is to have a faithful and steadfast companion. ... He should, however, follow an example of a good family-head, who, when buying something, insists on examining the property many times before signing any contract. (Alberti 1), That text from the 15th century legitimately states that women were property, like cattle, so developing fee...

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• Grade Level: High School

The environment in which you live and work, the wealth you incur over your lifespan and the property ownership an individual yields, are the basic inputs that dictate where a person is categorized according to their social identity. ... The families that were already wealthy or owned swaths of land, had better access to further property ownership, education, health care and positions of power than families that did not. ... The ideology of success is being passed down through the generations based on education. ...

• Word Count: 1276
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This links with Marx's theory of the 'chain of inheritance' within families, as kin passes down items such as properties and businesses, benefitting Capitalism and the ruling class, whilst oppressing the under class's chance of working a better job. ...

• Word Count: 2016
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate