History A-Level
Industrial protest and machine-breaking
What Industrial protest and machine-breaking means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Protest from 1785 to 1870 that included machine-breaking, food riots and strikes, and whose nature and effectiveness changed over the period.
Topics that use Industrial protest and machine-breaking
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 2 Industrialis- ation and protest, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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