History A-Level
Ethnic and political tensions
What Ethnic and political tensions means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ethnic and political tensions
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Ethnic tensions between French and English speakers, alongside political deadlock, contributed to the revolts.
Topics that use Ethnic and political tensions
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 3 Learning from past mistakes: Canada and the Durham Report, 1837–40 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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