History A-Level
Peace-making and imperial consequences
What Peace-making and imperial consequences means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Britain sought peace and accepted the Treaty of Paris in 1783, recognising American independence and ceding territory, damaging prestige but with trade and empire soon recovering and expanding elsewhere.
Topics that use Peace-making and imperial consequences
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 1 The loss of the American colonies, 1770–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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