History A-Level
Agrarian agitation and tenant rights
What Agrarian agitation and tenant rights means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Unrest arising from agrarian distress and tenant grievances, expressed through rent strikes, boycotts and 'No Rent' protests.
Topics that use Agrarian agitation and tenant rights
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 4 The Irish land issue, 1870–82 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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