Financial revolution
What Financial revolution means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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A development sparked by new financial instruments created by the Crown and Parliament to fund massive military expenditure.
The development of the 1690s that embedded Parliament and financiers into state governance by funding William III's wars.
Topics that use Financial revolution
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
- How revolutionary, in the years to 1701, was the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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