Socio-economic inequality
What Socio-economic inequality means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Economic development brought prosperity to a privileged few while plunging many into poverty, as the gentry and merchant classes enjoyed increased wealth while the lower classes suffered severe depression.
She reformed taxation by increasing indirect taxes on everyday goods such as salt and alcohol, which disproportionately burdened the peasantry while protecting noble wealth.
Topics that use Socio-economic inequality
- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – The triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – The epoch of palace coups, 1725–1762 (AQA A-Level)
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