History A-Level
Colonial unity
What Colonial unity means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Unification of colonial resistance against British authority, achieved through elite leadership without immediately overturning the existing social order.
The British strategy to isolate Massachusetts through the Coercive Acts backfired, instead fostering inter-colonial unity and escalating tensions.
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Related terms
- Escalation of conflict
- Grassroots mobilisation
- Ideological resistance
- Imperial control
- Imperial retaliation
- Internal colonial divisions
- Political leadership
- Political organisation
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