History A-Level
The Troubles
What The Troubles means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The Troubles
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Reference: AQA
In Northern Ireland the Troubles escalated, with Thatcher taking an uncompromising stance during the 1981 Republican hunger strikes and surviving the 1984 Brighton bombing before signing the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement.
Topics that use The Troubles
- 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 – The impact of Thatcherism, 1979–1987 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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