History A-Level
Agricultural reform
What Agricultural reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Agricultural reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Measures such as the abolition of serfdom and enclosure increased productivity and freed labour for factories.
Topics that use Agricultural reform
- Paper 2, Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840–71 - 3 Austro- Prussian rivalry, 1852–66 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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Using Agricultural reform in the exam
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