History A-Level
Parliamentary reform and democracy
What Parliamentary reform and democracy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Pressure for parliamentary reform culminated in the 1832 Great Reform Act, which disenfranchised rotten boroughs and enfranchised industrial cities like Manchester.
Topics that use Parliamentary reform and democracy
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
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