History A-Level
The rule of law and treason trials
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Leaders of the London Corresponding Society were tried for treason in 1794 and were acquitted.
Topics that use The rule of law and treason trials
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 1 Radical reformers, c1790–1819 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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