A LEVEL HISTORY A: FROM PITT TO PEEL
1783–1853 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Pitt was appointed (by the King) as prime minister in what year?.
Answer: 1783
◍ from when did the OPL date back.
Answer: Elizabethan era of 1601
◍ an official election was held for Pitt (after he asked the king to delay) in
1784 how many of the 588 elected MP's supported Pitt and how many didn't
?.
Answer: 52 supported Pitt regardless 138 supported fox 183 supported
current gov = independent gentleman185 supported the crown
◍ who was responsible for their poor in OPL.
Answer: parish
◍ when was the India Act.
Answer: 1784
◍ what did the India Act entail?.
Answer: created committee of 6 (board of control) to monitor and direct
East India company policies
◍ when Pitt became Prime minister the national debt was .....?.
Answer: £250 million = 20x annual revenue
◍ 1662 act.
Answer: those who needed help had to return to the parish of their birth to
receive poor rate
◍ what 3 ways did Pitt choose to solve the national debt ?.
, Answer: stimulate trade, increase tax, cut gov spending
◍ what percentage of imports did smuggling exceed at the beginning of Pitts
ministry ?.
Answer: 20%
◍ what did pitt reduce tea duties to?.
Answer: 25%
◍ When was the Hovering Act?.
Answer: 1787
◍ What did the 1787 Hovering Act do?.
Answer: Extended the duties of Customs official to 12 miles off shore
◍ between 1884-85 because of Pitt's financial reforms the exchequer got an
extra ...?.
Answer: £200,000
◍ who faced heavy burden of poor relief.
Answer: local rate payers
◍ in 1792 gov revenue had increased by ...?.
Answer: £3 million
◍ when was window tax reintroduced by pitt.
Answer: 1792
◍ why had relief risen.
Answer: -pop growth -1770:1.5m- 1818:8m
◍ what did Pitt put direct taxation on as part of his financial reforms.
Answer: bricks and tiles gold men's hats women's ribbons perfumes hair
powder
◍ what are the 3 ways Pitt reduced gov spending?.
Answer: 1. gradual abolition of profitable sinecures 2. amalgamation of
offices 3. reduction in staff
◍ Pitt made it so that all revenue was payed into the ....?.
1783–1853 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Pitt was appointed (by the King) as prime minister in what year?.
Answer: 1783
◍ from when did the OPL date back.
Answer: Elizabethan era of 1601
◍ an official election was held for Pitt (after he asked the king to delay) in
1784 how many of the 588 elected MP's supported Pitt and how many didn't
?.
Answer: 52 supported Pitt regardless 138 supported fox 183 supported
current gov = independent gentleman185 supported the crown
◍ who was responsible for their poor in OPL.
Answer: parish
◍ when was the India Act.
Answer: 1784
◍ what did the India Act entail?.
Answer: created committee of 6 (board of control) to monitor and direct
East India company policies
◍ when Pitt became Prime minister the national debt was .....?.
Answer: £250 million = 20x annual revenue
◍ 1662 act.
Answer: those who needed help had to return to the parish of their birth to
receive poor rate
◍ what 3 ways did Pitt choose to solve the national debt ?.
, Answer: stimulate trade, increase tax, cut gov spending
◍ what percentage of imports did smuggling exceed at the beginning of Pitts
ministry ?.
Answer: 20%
◍ what did pitt reduce tea duties to?.
Answer: 25%
◍ When was the Hovering Act?.
Answer: 1787
◍ What did the 1787 Hovering Act do?.
Answer: Extended the duties of Customs official to 12 miles off shore
◍ between 1884-85 because of Pitt's financial reforms the exchequer got an
extra ...?.
Answer: £200,000
◍ who faced heavy burden of poor relief.
Answer: local rate payers
◍ in 1792 gov revenue had increased by ...?.
Answer: £3 million
◍ when was window tax reintroduced by pitt.
Answer: 1792
◍ why had relief risen.
Answer: -pop growth -1770:1.5m- 1818:8m
◍ what did Pitt put direct taxation on as part of his financial reforms.
Answer: bricks and tiles gold men's hats women's ribbons perfumes hair
powder
◍ what are the 3 ways Pitt reduced gov spending?.
Answer: 1. gradual abolition of profitable sinecures 2. amalgamation of
offices 3. reduction in staff
◍ Pitt made it so that all revenue was payed into the ....?.
