AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 June 2018 question paper 7042/1F

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to industrial growth between 1783 and 1812.

How important were ideas and beliefs in pressure for change in the years 1812 to 1832?

‘The Whigs were more successful than the Tories in their social and economic reforms between 1833 and 1853.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The Fenian movement achieved little in the years 1858 to 1885.’

Assess the validity of this view.