Government And Representation; National and Local Democracy

Question 1

Which monarchs ruled between 1783 and 1885?

Answer 1

George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-30)
William IV (1830-37)
Victoria (1837-1901)

Question 2

What changes were brought about by industrialisation?

Answer 2

Increase in wealth for some but extended the misery of poverty to others.
Population increased rapidly.
Many people moved from rural areas to industrial and urban areas.
Increase in cheap labour.
Growing market for manufactured goods.

Question 3

Which factors or people influenced Britain’s development at this time?

Answer 3

Political figures - Lord Liverpool, William Huskisson, Sir Robert Peel, Earl Grey, Lord John Russell, Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone.

Reformers - William Wilberforce, Anthony Ashley Cooper and Edwin Chadwick.

Entrepreneurs - James Watt, Richard Arkwright, George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Question 4

What was politics like in 1783 and how did it start to change?

Answer 4

In 1783, Britain had suffered the humiliating loss of the American Colonies. There was a financial stagnation brought about by war. By 1885, the political landscape changed to an extent that the supremacy of the ruling class was in decline and franchise had been extended to two thirds of the male population.

Question 5

Define Minister

Answer 5

Politicians who hold significant public office in a national or regional government

Question 6

Define Mixed Constitution

Answer 6

A form of government in which a hereditary government is a head of state, with powers limited by parliament, this can sometimes be called a constitutional monarchy.

Question 7

Define Statute

Answer 7

A written law

Question 8

Define Divine Right

Answer 8

The concept that a monarch rules by authority of God, not through the consent of the people

Question 9

Define Veto

Answer 9

To reject a decision or proposal made by Parliament and stop it or change it.

Question 10

Define Coalition

Answer 10

An alliance between two or more political groups or parties that is sometimes needed to form a government if one group has not got a majority.

Question 11

Define First Lord of The Treasury

Answer 11

One of the lord commissioners of the treasury and by custom which continues today, PM/Prime Minister

Question 12

Define Cabinet

Answer 12

Known today as the committee at the centre of the British Government responsible for making decisions in government: today its members work with the PM and manage key departments like the home office but in 1783 its role was to offer advice to the king.

Question 13

Define Prerogative

Answer 13

A special right or privilege

Question 14

Define Franchise

Answer 14

The right to vote