History A-Level
Control of the Armed Forces
What Control of the Armed Forces means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Control of the Armed Forces
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A crisis over whether the King or Parliament should command the army, sparked by reports of Catholic atrocities in Ireland.
Topics that use Control of the Armed Forces
- 2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660 – The crisis of Parliament and the outbreak of the First Civil War, 1640–1642 (AQA A-Level)
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