After 1848, Great Britain became more liberal, while the governments of France, Austria, and Russia grew more authoritarian.
Great Britain:
Great Britain managed to avoid the revolutionary upheavals of the first half of the 19th century.
In 1815, aristocratic landowning classes, which dominated both houses of Parliament, governed Great Britain.
In 1832, Parliament passed a bill that increased the number of male voters who were mainly apart of the industrial middle class.
By giving the industrial middle class an interest in ruling, Britain avoided revolution in 1848.
In the 1850s and 1860s, Parliament continued to make social and political reforms that helped the country remain stable.
Yet, Britain saw a rising Irish nationalist movement demanding increase Irish control over Irish internal affairs