AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 June 2022 question paper 7042/1F

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to the attitude of the Tories to reform in the years 1812 to 1832.

‘In the years 1783 to 1812, British governments successfully overcame the political challenges they faced.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did the lives of working people improve in the years 1832 to 1851?

‘The main cause of economic growth, in the years 1840 to 1873, was the expansion of the railway network.’

Assess the validity of this view.