History A-Level
Parliamentary pressure and legislation
What Parliamentary pressure and legislation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Parliamentary pressure and legislation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Repeatedly introducing bills and steering debate until the 1807 Act ended British participation in the slave trade.
Topics that use Parliamentary pressure and legislation
- What explains the abolition of the slave trade at the end of the period, c1785–1807? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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