Q1.) From the Thirty Years War finally emerged the modern state system of Europe. Elaborate. [20 marks,400 words]
Q2.) “Six hundred thousand men had died. The union was preserved, the slaves freed. A nation ‘conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal’ had survived its most terrible ordeal.” [ 20 Marks,400 words]
Q3.) “The roots of Chartism are partly political and partly economic.” Elaborate. [ 15 Marks,300 words]
Q4.) “The Bill of Rights (1688) set the seal on Parliamentary supremacy in England.” Comment. [ 15 Marks,300 words]
Q5.) ‘Though reform was inevitable, the Act (1832) by which it was accomplished was open to grave criticism.’ [ 20 Marks,400 words]
Q6.) “Change in Britain came comparatively peacefully through democratic process in the first half of the nineteenth century and a model of a functioning democracy through ballot box was successfully put in place.” Elaborate. [ 20 Marks,400 words]
Q7.) “… the passing of the ‘Reform Act’ marked the real beginning of modern party organization in England … In a real sense, the present political system of England dates from 1832.” Critically examine. [10 Marks,200 words]