Outline theme 2: Parliamentary Reform, c.1780-1886

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New A2 Specimen Paper - Summer 2010 - June 2011

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Focus: A study of the main developments in Parliamentary reform

 

For the period 1780-1832 you should go to the AS pages,

 

Origins: The Parliamentary and electoral systems in the late eighteenth century

  • Reasons for the growth of the Parliamentary reform movement - AS

  • Political protest and the radical challenge after 1815 - AS

  • The causes and impact of Chartism - AS

  • The extent and importance of legislation on Parliamentary reform - A2

Click here for a powerpoint summary of the reasons for the growth of democracy in the 19th century.

 

British Prime Ministers

  1. Prime Minister Time Line

Timelines TV

  1. Chartism

  2. The growth of Democracy

Revision powerpoints

  1. Results of 1867 Reform Act

  2. Political Changes 1846-67

  3. All attempts at political reform was based on pressure from outside parliament

  4. Political Reform: Internal or external Pressure?

  5. What changes had been made to the political system by 1874?

  6. The Leap in the Dark