AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 June 2025 question paper 7042/1F

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to Gladstone’s leadership in the years 1865 to 1885.

To what extent did economic developments improve the lives of workers in the years 1783 to 1812?

‘Economic growth, in the years 1812 to 1832, was mainly due to changes in agriculture.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did governments respond to pressures for change from outside parliament in the years 1815 to 1846?