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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 Liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill MP (1806-1873) was elected MP for the City of Westminster in 1865 on a platform including votes for women. Mill's thinking on women's rights was influenced by ...

The end of the First World War in 1918 created a huge demand for working-class housing in towns throughout Britain. In 1919, Parliament passed the ambitious Housing Act which promised government ...

These two Acts concern the management of the River Thames. "An Act to give to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings extended Time and further Powers for completing the ...

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

Petition of William Penn Esquire, Heir at Law, and of John, Thomas, and Richard Penn Gentlemen, Devisees under the Will of William Penn, deceased, late Patentee of Pensilvania [Pennsylvania] in ...

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A good example of this practice was the 1722 Act for the construction of a handsome new 'exchange' building in Bristol where merchants could meet and do business. The Act followed petitions to ...