History A-Level
Centralisation of state power
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Strict internal control to requisition supplies and suppress counter-revolutionary uprisings, with the government adopting extreme measures to ensure national survival.
Topics that use Centralisation of state power
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – The emergence and spread of the Terror, September 1792–1795 (AQA A-Level)
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