AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 June 2017 question paper 7042/1F

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to social reforms between 1830 and 1852.

How effective were the policies of British governments, in the years 1789 to 1812, in controlling popular discontent?

To what extent were governments responsible for the growth of the British economy in the years 1815 to c1850?

‘Democracy in Britain in 1885 was little different from that in 1846.’

Assess the validity of this view.