History A-Level
Merchant links
What Merchant links means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Merchant links
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Connections to Liverpool merchants who supplied raw cotton and sold yarn.
Topics that use Merchant links
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 2 Samuel Greg: cotton and cottages, 1784–1816 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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Using Merchant links in the exam
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