History A-Level
Causes and consequences of industrialisation
What Causes and consequences of industrialisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Industrialisation increased demand for raw materials and created surplus goods for export, while new markets opened in the Americas, India and the Far East.
Topics that use Causes and consequences of industrialisation
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 1 The changing nature and extent of trade (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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