History A-Level
Constitutional structures and power
What Constitutional structures and power means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Constitutional structures and power
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
After 1791 each colony had a lieutenant-governor, appointed executive and legislative councils and an elected legislative assembly, but real power lay with the governors and appointed councils.
Topics that use Constitutional structures and power
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 3 Learning from past mistakes: Canada and the Durham Report, 1837–40 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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