Territorial expansion
What Territorial expansion means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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California was admitted as a state in 1850, and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush accelerated settlement on the Plains, bringing white settlers into lands previously granted to Plains Indians.
Pushing outward the state's frontiers to create a formidable and unified power across the Indian subcontinent.
The aggressive expansion of the Seljuk Turks, which altered the dynamic of relations with Christians.
Topics that use Territorial expansion
- Period Study: The Making of America, 1789–1900 (OCR GCSE)
- Period Study: The Mughal Empire, 1526–1707 (OCR GCSE)
- World Depth Study: The First Crusade, c.1070–1100 (OCR GCSE)
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