History A-Level
The shifting balance of class power
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The 1835 Municipal Corporations Act reformed local government, replacing corrupt oligarchies with elected councils, thereby extending middle-class political influence in urban areas.
Topics that use The shifting balance of class power
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Political change and social reform, 1832-1846 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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