History A-Level
Class Conflict
What Class Conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Tension between landed interests and the urban poor, with the Corn Laws benefiting only the landed elite and being resented by the working classes and manufacturers.
Mounting tensions between traditional agrarian dominance and the industrial capitalist class, highlighted by pressure from the Anti-Corn Law League.
Topics that use Class Conflict
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Political change and social reform, 1832-1846 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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