History A-Level
Government suppression
What Government suppression means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government suppression
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Somerset was slow to respond and his sympathy for the poor limited early repression, while Warwick took command, defeated the rebels at Dussindale in August 1549 and oversaw harsh reprisals.
Topics that use Government suppression
- 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 commissions and expectations
- Leadership and rebellion
- Repression and punishment
- Rural poverty and economic change
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