Economic and political changes drove the need for reform in England.

Evidence

Nevertheless the dream of founding a balanced political system on a landed society was becoming more and more unreal. In the last forty years of the eighteenth century exports and imports more than doubled in value and the population increased by over two millions. England was silently undergoing a revolution in industry and agriculture, which was to have more far-reaching effects than the political tumults of the times. Steam-engines provided a new source of power in factories and foundries, which rapidly multiplied. A network of canals was constructed which carried coal cheaply to new industry. New methods of smelting brought a tenfold increase in the output of iron. New roads, with a hard and durable surface, reached out over the country and bound it more closely together. An ever-expanding and assertive industrial community was coming into being. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1540

Categorization

• XREF: This passage could connect to other discussions on economic policy reforms and their impacts on governments. — connects to: Economic dislocation fostered anti-clerical sentiment in England. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 559; Edward IV’s foreign policy led to significant economic gains — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 708; Cranmer’s appointment represented an ecclesiastical revolution in England — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 823 (+2 more)
• SEED: This exemplifies the theme of governmental change in the face of societal evolution.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1540