AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783-1885 November 2020 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 impact of the Industrial Revolution on working people in the years 1812 to 1832.

‘The French Wars damaged Britain politically and economically in the years 1793 to 1815.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The ‘mid-Victorian boom’ of the 1850s and 1860s was caused by rising demand for goods.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Gladstone responsible for the development of the Liberal Party from 1859 to 1885?