History A-Level
Continuity and change in government
What Continuity and change in government means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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By 1832 Britain was politically transformed yet still aristocratic, with the landed elite retaining ongoing dominance despite industrialisation.
Topics that use Continuity and change in government
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agricultural transformation
- Class Conflict
- Class conflict and alignment
- Class consciousness and conflict
- Economic fluctuations
- Government economic policy
- Industrialisation and technological change
- Laissez-faire versus protectionism
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