History A-Level
The political demands of the manufacturing interest
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Industrialists and merchants in new cities like Manchester and Birmingham lacked direct representation and demanded seats to match their economic power.
Topics that use The political demands of the manufacturing interest
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 1 The growth of parliamentary democracy, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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