Y110: from Pitt to Peel 1783-1853 | OCR A-Level History A (H505)

Y110: from Pitt to Peel 1783-1853

107 questions
11 subtopics
British period study and enquiry, one of thirteen
Y101 to Y113

From Pitt to Peel 1783–1853 is unit Y110 of OCR History A, one of the thirteen options in unit group 1, the British period study and enquiry; a student sits one of them.

Its seven key topics are Pitt the Younger, Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830, foreign Policy 1783–1830, parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832, Peel and the Conservative party 1832–1846, Peel and social reform 1832–1846, Peel and pressure groups. 107 recall questions across 11 subtopics.

Sample questions from Y110: from Pitt to Peel 1783-1853

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

Pitt the Younger: royal support, the 1784 election and early reforms

What did the general election of 1784 do for Pitt?

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It converted his minority into a comfortable majority, with about 160 of Fox's supporters losing their seats — the men mocked as 'Fox's Martyrs'.
Pitt the Younger: reform of finance and administration, anti-radical legislation 1794–1801

Which two writers framed the British argument over the French Revolution?

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Edmund Burke condemned it in his Reflections on the Revolution in France of 1790, and Thomas Paine answered him in Rights of Man, which sold in huge numbers among artisans.
Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830: Liverpool and the radical challenge 1812–1822

How did Liverpool's government respond to the disturbances of 1817?

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It suspended habeas corpus, passed the Gagging Acts against seditious meetings and publications, and relied on informers such as Oliver, whose encouragement of the Pentrich plotters was later exposed in the press.
Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830: Huskisson on trade and finance, Roman Catholic Emancipation

State the main provisions of the Gaols Act of 1823.

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Gaols in London and the larger towns were to be inspected regularly, gaolers were to be paid salaries instead of taking fees from prisoners, prisoners were to be classified and given work and instruction, and women were to be supervised by female warders.
Foreign Policy 1783–1830: ending isolation and the wars with France to the Peninsula

What was the 'blue water' strategy?

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Britain would use her naval supremacy to blockade France and take her colonies and trade, and subsidise continental allies to do the land fighting, rather than commit a large British army to Europe — though the colonial expeditions cost heavy casualties to tropical disease.
Foreign Policy 1783–1830: Castlereagh 1812–1822, Canning 1822–1827

What did Britain gain from the peace settlements?

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She kept Malta, Heligoland, the Cape Colony, Ceylon, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago — naval bases and trading stations rather than European territory — and secured a declaration by the powers against the slave trade.
Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832: Whigs and Tory attitudes to reform 1783–1830

What was achieved at Grampound in 1821?

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The corrupt borough of Grampound was disfranchised and its two seats given to Yorkshire — the only piece of parliamentary reform actually carried before 1832, and the fruit of Lord John Russell's repeated motions.
Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832: the passage and terms of the Great Reform Act

How was the deadlock with the Lords finally broken?

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The King promised in writing to create as many peers as were needed, and rather than see their House swamped enough opponents stayed away for the bill to pass in June 1832.

The 11 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
Pitt the Younger: royal support, the 1784 election and early reforms	Recall questions on how George III brought Pitt into office, the 1784 election, the Sinking Fund and Consolidated Fund, the Commutation Act, more efficient government and the India Act of 1784.	8
Pitt the Younger: reform of finance and administration, anti-radical legislation 1794–1801	Recall questions on reform of finance and administration, trade, the impact of the French Revolution, radical threats, Whig splits 1790–1794, anti-radical legislation 1794–1801.	12
Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830: Liverpool and the radical challenge 1812–1822	Recall questions on Liverpool and the radical challenge 1812–1822.	10
Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830: Huskisson on trade and finance, Roman Catholic Emancipation	Recall questions on Huskisson on trade and finance, Peel at the Home Office, repeal of the Combination Laws and Test and Corporation Acts, Roman Catholic Emancipation.	10
Foreign Policy 1783–1830: ending isolation and the wars with France to the Peninsula	Recall questions on Britain’s isolation in 1783 and its escape, the outbreak of war in 1793, the blue water strategy, the coalitions, the Nile, Amiens, Trafalgar, the Continental System and the Peninsular War.	11
Foreign Policy 1783–1830: Castlereagh 1812–1822, Canning 1822–1827	Recall questions on Castlereagh 1812–1822, Canning 1822–1827.	9
Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832: Whigs and Tory attitudes to reform 1783–1830	Recall questions on Whigs and Tory attitudes to reform 1783–1830, early reform attempts 1785–1830.	10
Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832: the passage and terms of the Great Reform Act	Recall questions on the Lords’ rejection in 1831, the political unions, the Days of May, how the deadlock was broken, the seats and franchise changed in 1832, the size of the electorate and what the Act left unchanged.	10
Enquiry: Peel and the Conservative party 1832–1846 — Peel as party leader and Anti-Corn Law League	Recall questions on Peel as party leader and prime minister 1834–1846, government 1841–1846, finance and the economy including the budgets, income tax, banking, tariff reform and the sugar duties, business reform, the Anti-Corn Law League.	9
Enquiry: Peel and social reform 1832–1846 — Children, question of poverty and condition of Ireland	Recall questions on children: the family and the impact of the Factory Acts 1833–1846: pauper apprentices and child labour, the question of poverty, the condition of Ireland.	9
Enquiry: Peel and pressure groups — the GNCTU, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Chartism	Recall questions on the GNCTU and the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the emergence of Chartism, the six points, its support and leadership, the petitions, the government’s response and what Chartism achieved.	9

Y110: from Pitt to Peel 1783-1853 is 107 of the 6,240 questions in the guide.Get the guide, £8

How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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