History A-Level
Causation and trigger events
What Causation and trigger events means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Causation and trigger events
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Orsini Affair pushed Napoleon III towards intervention, the Pact of Plombières set the conditional alliance, and Austria’s ultimatum in April 1859 triggered the outbreak of war.
Topics that use Causation and trigger events
- Paper 2, Option 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830–70 - 3 The creation of the Kingdom of Italy, 1856–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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