History A-Level
Afrikaner nationalism and the creation of a republic
What Afrikaner nationalism and the creation of a republic means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Verwoerd pursued a republic to sever South Africa's constitutional link with the British Crown and entrench Afrikaner nationalist control.
Topics that use Afrikaner nationalism and the creation of a republic
- Paper 2, Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ - 2 Radicalisation of resistance and the consolidation of National Party power, 1960–68 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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