History A-Level
Freedom and civil rights
What Freedom and civil rights means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Freedom and civil rights
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Strengths for freedom included universal suffrage, civil liberties and representative government giving citizens rights and a voice, while Article 48 allowed rule by decree.
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