History A-Level
Economic and social unrest
What Economic and social unrest means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic and social unrest
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Workers faced low wages, food shortages and factory closures, leading to strikes and radicalisation, while agriculture suffered from land seizures and peasant unrest.
Topics that use Economic and social unrest
- The Provisional government and its opponents, February– October 1917 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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