History A-Level
Representation and franchise
What Representation and franchise means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Representation and franchise
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Reference: AQA
Representation was highly unequal and the franchise was restricted by property qualifications, so only a fraction of adult men could vote.
Topics that use Representation and franchise
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Pressure for change, c1783–1812 (AQA A-Level)
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- Financial and administrative modernisation
- Free trade and mercantilism
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- Political factions and patronage
- Radicalism
- Repression
- Royal prerogative and prime ministerial power
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