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What fits the chronology of Great Reform Act?

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Topic

BB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day

Question

  1. A. Great Reform Act belongs in the chronology of c1170 to the present day.
  2. B. A judgement with no supporting evidence.
  3. C. A point that confuses change with continuity.
  4. D. A description from a different route.

Answer

Significance check: Great Reform Act belongs in the chronology of c1170 to the present day. is the best answer. It fits Part three: Reform and reformers within BB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day and directly supports Study extension of the franchise, including radical protest, causes and impact of the Great Reform Act, further reform and Chartism's causes, actions. Check this by using scale, duration, importance, consequence, affected group, legacy; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

Explanation

This MCQ is about What fits the chronology of Great Reform Act, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 2 Section A: Thematic studies and uses the same evidence base as Study extension of the franchise, including radical protest, causes and impact of the Great Reform Act, further reform and Chartism's causes, actions. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A judgement with no supporting evidence.; 2) A point that confuses change with continuity.; 3) A description from a different route.. To decide between them, students should judge, prioritise, explain, substantiate the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.

Common mistake

Avoid confusing Great Reform Act

A common mistake is to write about Great Reform Act as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in c1170 to the present day.

Anchor the answer to Part three: Reform and reformers, use precise evidence, and state whether Great Reform Act is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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