OCR • J410 • 1,607 key terms
£10 householder
The property qualification established in 1832 that gave the vote to men occupying a property with a yearly rental value of £10 or more.
From: Electoral Reform and the Reform Acts (1832–1884)
1066 succession crisis
The political instability following Edward the Confessor's death in January 1066, involving claimants Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy, and Harald Hardrada.
From: Anglo-Saxon Kingship and the Norman Conquest
14th Amendment
A constitutional amendment guaranteeing all citizens 'equal protection of the laws', which Thurgood Marshall successfully used to prove school segregation was unconstitutional.
From: Early Successes: Brown vs Board and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1536 Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries
The first legal step in the state seizure of monastic property, targeting religious houses with an annual income of less than £200.
From: Impacts and Reactions to the Dissolution
1575 Royal Progress
A magnificent 19-day royal visit by Elizabeth I to Kenilworth, hosted by Robert Dudley at immense personal expense to win her favour.
From: Life in Kenilworth Castle
1698 Trade Act
Legislation that ended the RAC's monopoly, allowing private merchants to enter the slave trade provided they paid a 10% duty to the company.
From: Consumerism and the British Infrastructure of the Slave Trade
1707 Act of Union
The legislation that abolished the Scottish Parliament and politically united England and Scotland under a single parliament in Westminster.
From: The English Successions and the Settlement of Ireland
17 Point Agreement
The 1951 legal document incorporating Tibet into the People's Republic of China while theoretically promising to preserve its traditional government and the Dalai Lama's authority.
From: Communist Policy in Tibet & the Dazhai Case Study
1870 Naturalisation Act
A key law that formalised the rules for becoming a British citizen, requiring five years of residency and dramatically lowering the cost of the process.
From: Industrial Migration, Political Movements and Legislation
18th Amendment
The constitutional amendment that banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors in the USA.
From: Social Change: Women and Prohibition
1954 Geneva Accords
The international agreement that ended the First Indochina War and temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th Parallel.
From: The Vietnam War: Origins and Tactics
1959 Tibetan Uprising
A large-scale revolt in Lhasa triggered by fears the Dalai Lama would be kidnapped; it led to his exile and the start of direct, radical CCP control.
From: Communist Policy in Tibet & the Dazhai Case Study
1973 Durban Workers’ Strike
A massive wave of spontaneous industrial action involving up to 100,000 workers protesting extreme poverty and low wages.
From: Black Consciousness and Labour Resistance
1984 Election Boycott
An 1984 campaign where the vast majority of Coloured and Indian citizens refused to vote for the Tricameral Parliament, demonstrating it lacked popular support.
From: Mass Resistance and the Crisis of Apartheid
19th Amendment
A 1920 constitutional change that prohibited the government from denying voting rights based on sex.
From: Social Change: Women and Prohibition
25-Point Programme
The official manifesto of the Nazi Party, containing a mix of nationalist, socialist, and extreme anti-Semitic policies.
From: Weimar Stability and the Early Nazi Party (1925–1928)
4 Ds of Potsdam
The agreed post-war policies for Germany consisting of Demilitarisation, Denazification, Democratisation, and Decentralisation.
From: Conferences and the Post-War International Order
638 contracts
Agreements established under the 1975 Act that allowed Native American tribes to legally manage their own federally funded programs.
From: African American Radicalism and Minority Rights Movements
90-day detention
A controversial 1963 law allowing South African police to hold suspects for up to 90 days without a warrant, charge, or access to a lawyer.
From: Impact of Resistance and the State Response
A8 countries
The eight Central and Eastern European nations (including Poland and Lithuania) that joined the European Union in 2004, leading to new patterns of migration.
From: Employment Patterns and Occupations
Abolition movement
The political and social campaign in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to end the slave trade and the practice of slavery.
From: Industrial Migration, Political Movements and Legislation
Absenteeism
When clergy collected income from a parish but did not live there or serve its people.
From: English Reformation c.1520–c.1535
Accounts
Detailed financial records of expenditure on wages, food, and building materials, providing hard data on the working castle.
From: Life in Kenilworth Castle
Action T4
The systematic state programme for the mass murder of the mentally and physically disabled, which evolved from gas chambers to 'wild euthanasia'.
From: Persecution and Racial Policy
Active resistance
Deliberate and often physical actions taken to harm the regime, such as sabotage.
From: Life in Nazi Germany: The Economy, Women and Youth
Active Support
Genuine commitment to Nazi ideology, shown through enthusiastic participation in party activities, as opposed to passive conformity.
From: Control and Conformity: Terror, Propaganda and Opposition
Act of Indemnity and Oblivion
A 1660 law that granted a general pardon to most people for actions during the Civil War, helping to stabilise the country.
From: The Collapse of the Republic and the Restoration of 1660
Act of Proscription
A 1746 law that aimed to destroy Highland martial identity by banning the wearing of traditional Highland dress and outlawing weapons.
From: The Jacobite Wars and Repression
Act of Security (1704)
A Scottish law asserting the right of the Scottish Parliament to choose its own Protestant successor to Queen Anne, independent of England's choice.
From: The Union with Scotland and the Jacobite Rebellions
Act of Settlement (1701)
A law passed by Parliament that legally barred Catholics from the throne and designated the Protestant House of Hanover as the true heirs.
From: The English Successions and the Settlement of Ireland
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