History A-Level
Demographic and economic pressures
What Demographic and economic pressures means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Demographic and economic pressures
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Population growth and inflation increased poverty and vagrancy, and harvest failures in the 1590s exacerbated social discontent.
Topics that use Demographic and economic pressures
- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – The triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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