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15 Cards in this Set
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Acts of Union |
- 1706 - unification of England and Scotland into Great Britain (Wales had already been unified with England) |
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The Split of Ireland |
- 1937 - David Lloyd George made the agreement with the Irish |
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Anglo-Irish Agreement/Hillsborough Act |
Agreement between the Irish and British governments which orovided platform to discuss the differences 1985 |
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The Good Friday Agreement |
-1998 - decommissioning of weapons - cross-border cooperation with Belfast and Dublin |
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Magna Carta Libertatum |
- 1215 - barons forced the king to do the things he promised - King John signed it - barons were given the permission to oversee the king |
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Structure of the House of Lords |
- The Lord Temporal (they were born to be lords) - The Lord Spiritual ( 2 bishops and 24 archbishops) - Life Lords ( the sovereign appointed them to be lords) |
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Rotten boroughs |
Constituencies that lost their importance in politics but they still got a representative in the Commons. (Terms used before the Reform Act 1832) |
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Pocket boroughs |
Areas where rich people could buy the votes of poorer people (Term used before the Reform Act 1832) |
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Representation of People Act |
- 1867 - it gave the right to vote to people who owned a household |
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The Franchise Act |
- 1884 - every men over the age of 21 could vote |
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National Governments |
Not a single government party but a cialition - 1916-1922: Liberals and Tories - 1931-1935: Labours and Conservatives - 1940- 45: Tory and Labour - 2010-15: Tory and Liberal Democrats |
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Black Rod |
- summons the commons and leads them to the House of Lordsat the State Opening of the Parliament - responsible for organising ceremonial events |
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The Speaker of the House of Commons |
Responsible for keeping order during the debates |
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The Whip |
Responsible for encouraging the members of the party to vote |
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Salisbury Convention |
The House of Lords cannot oppose the bills of the government that aim to fulfil the promises in their manifesto |
