History A-Level
Industrialisation and the shift to free trade
What Industrialisation and the shift to free trade means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Industrialisation and the shift to free trade
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The Industrial Revolution shifted Britain's economic focus towards free trade and new markets, making mercantilist systems like the slave trade seem outdated.
Topics that use Industrialisation and the shift to free trade
- What explains the abolition of the slave trade at the end of the period, c1785–1807? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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