History A-Level
Government fear of revolution
What Government fear of revolution means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government fear of revolution
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Responses to radical protest included suspending Habeas Corpus, treason trials, the Treason Act and the Seditious Meetings Act.
Topics that use Government fear of revolution
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 1 Radical reformers, c1790–1819 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Hampden Clubs
- Political Register
- radical orator
- Repression and civil liberties
- Rights of Man
- The balance between order and reform
- The rule of law and treason trials
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