History A-Level
Fifty Articles
What Fifty Articles means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Fifty Articles
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A declaration of fundamental rights drafted by the Assembly, distinct from the separate June 1848 law creating a temporary central authority under Archduke John.
Topics that use Fifty Articles
- Paper 2, Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840–71 - 2 Failure of revolution, 1848–51 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Counter-revolution and conservative power
- Frankfurt Assembly
- Habsburg revival in Austria
- Liberalism and realism
- Nationalism after 1849
- Nationalism and liberalism in 1848–49
- Prussian constitution
- Restoration of the German Confederation
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