History A-Level
Coercion and escalation
What Coercion and escalation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Coercion and escalation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Coercive Acts were intended to isolate and punish Massachusetts but generated inter-colonial sympathy and made compromise harder.
Topics that use Coercion and escalation
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 1 The loss of the American colonies, 1770–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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