History A-Level
Colonial expansion and frontier conflict
What Colonial expansion and frontier conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Colonial expansion and frontier conflict
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Pastoral expansion displaced groups from hunting grounds, and frontier violence and punitive expeditions followed resistance.
Topics that use Colonial expansion and frontier conflict
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The birth of British Australia, 1788–1829 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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