History A-Level
High Commissioner
What High Commissioner means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of High Commissioner
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Role given to the Earl of Durham with wide powers to investigate and pacify the colonies after the 1837 rebellions.
Topics that use High Commissioner
- 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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- American expansionism and republicanism
- Colonial governance and representation
- Consequences and reform
- Constitutional structures and power
- Durham Report
- Rebellion and resistance
- Colonial governance and reform
- Ethnic and political tensions
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