History A-Level
Decline of aristocratic power
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The 1832 Reform Act and later measures reduced aristocratic borough control, and by 1928 influence was much reduced though not extinct.
Topics that use Decline of aristocratic power
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 2 Changing influences in parliament: the impact of parliamentary reform (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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