OCR A Level History A (Y110/01 ) From Pitt to Peel Question paper June 2025

OCR A Level History A (Y110/01 ) From Pitt to Peel Question paper June 2025 Section A Peel and the Age of Reform Study the four sources and answer Question 1. 1 'Economic reasons explain the emergence of Chartism. Use the four sources in their historical context to assess how far they support this view. [30] Source A: An independent Methodist minister speaking at the Kersal Moor meeting, near Manchester. This question of Universal Suffrage was a knife and fork question after all; this question was a bread and cheese question, and if any man asked him what he meant by Universal Suffrage, he would answer that every working man in the land had the right to have a good coat to his back, a comfortable abode in which to shelter himself and his family, a good dinner upon his table and no more work than was necessary for keeping him in health, and as much wages for that work as would keep him in plenty, and afford him the blessings of life which a reasonable man could desire. J. R. Stephens, Northern Star, 29 September 1838 Source B: A radical Chartist who writes about his views on the franchise. What a farce the present system is! The present House of Commons does not represent the people. Pawnbrokers are enfranchised, and two thousand brothel owners in London all have votes, but honest folk have none. It is indeed disgusting to see how much of the 'honey' is taken by the 'drones'*, and what a pittance is left to the 'worker bees' and how the parliamentary franchise is monopolised by one tenth of the population and that one tenth the worst tenth. *drones - bees which do little work Bronterre O'Brien, Charter, 14 April 1839