History A-Level
Pressure for reform
What Pressure for reform means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Pressure for reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Financial pressure from rising rates, especially after 1815, combined with ideological pressure to produce the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act.
Topics that use Pressure for reform
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 4 Poverty and pauperism, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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