History A-Level

Blight

What Blight means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Blight

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The disease that destroyed potato crops from 1845, bringing repeated failures, starvation, disease and mass mortality.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 3 The Irish Famine, 1843–51 (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 3 The Irish Famine, 1843–51 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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