History A-Level
Royal Commission
What Royal Commission means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Royal Commission
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Body appointed in 1845 and reporting in 1846 to investigate the gauge issue.
Topics that use Royal Commission
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 3 Isambard Kingdom Brunel: railways and ships, 1833–59 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Engineering problem-solving
- standard gauge
- Technological innovation
- battle of the gauges
- Gauge Act 1846
- Transport and communication
- War and logistics
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