An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America. Following the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, Parliament passed a series of Acts in 1774 ...

In June 1820 William Cobbett presented this petition to Parliament. In the petition he described himself as a farmer, explaining that he had purchased an estate in the county of Southampton in 1805 ...

The cause of home rule languished until the Liberals returned to government in 1906. In January 1910, H H Asquith - Prime Minister since 1908 - was forced to call an election because of an impasse ...

Throughout the 17th century the English Parliament displayed a growing determination to directly control Irish affairs. As well as indirect control over Irish laws via Poynings' Law, the English ...