History A-Level
Government commissions and expectations
What Government commissions and expectations means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government commissions and expectations
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Somerset sent a commission to investigate illegal enclosures in 1549, but its limited action and the perception that it offered hope without remedy fuelled expectations and anger.
Topics that use Government commissions and expectations
- Paper 3, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603 - 3 Agrarian discontent: Kett’s rebellion 1549 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Causes of popular rebellion
- Enclosure and access to land
- Government suppression
- Leadership and rebellion
- Repression and punishment
- Rural poverty and economic change
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