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A key word meaning 'an area of voters who elect a representative (MP) to the House of Commons'.
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An 'Act' of 1832 which broadened the number of men who could vote to include small landowners and shopkeepers.
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A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
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The lower House of Parliament where elected MPs debate and agree to laws.
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The upper House of Parliament made up of Lords selected for their knowledge and experience.
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The leader of the Birmingham Political Union who petitioned the king for reform to the franchise.
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A very small area able to elect an MP based on a few (sometimes just one) voters.
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A key word meaning 'a proposed law' which becomes an 'Act' once it is passed by parliament.
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The name given to a meeting that took place at St Peter's Field in Manchester in which 15 people were massacred and 400 wounded.
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The number of demands made in 1838 by the Chartist Movement in 'The People's Charter'.
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