{"id":4151,"date":"2018-07-15T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=4151"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:24:50","slug":"society-change-political-thought","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/society-change-political-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Societal changes: political thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"politics-and-changing-ideas\">Politics and Changing Ideas<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4152\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"Grumblers of Great Britain. Cartoon illustrating the rise of Coffee House Politics\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house-600x971.jpg 600w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house-633x1024.jpg 633w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/grumblers-of-great-britain-coffee-house.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/society-change-political-thought\/coffee-houses-and-developing-political-activism\/\">Coffee houses and developing political activism<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/society-change-political-thought\/racial-hierarchy\/\">growth of ideas of a racial hierarchy and the impact on settled minority communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/\">The British Empire<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/making-of-the-united-kingdom-foundations-of-empire\/\">Making of the United Kingdom<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/economic-consequences-of-empire\/\">Economic Consequences of the British Empire<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/empire-at-home\/\">How did the Empire affect Great Britain?<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/society-change-political-thought\/\">Society changes: Political Thought and the British Empire<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/questions-about-the-british-empire\/\">Questions about the British Empire<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-empire\/teaching-resources-on-the-british-empire\/\">British Empire Teaching Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics and Changing Ideas &#8211; Coffee houses and developing political activism &#8211; growth of ideas of a racial hierarchy and the impact on settled minority communities &nbsp; The British Empire &#8211; Making of the United Kingdom &#8211; Economic Consequences of the British Empire &#8211; How did the Empire affect Great Britain? 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