History A-Level
Strategic settlement and imperial control
What Strategic settlement and imperial control means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Strategic settlement and imperial control
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A settlement was founded at King George Sound in Western Australia in 1826, guarding the western approaches.
Topics that use Strategic settlement and imperial control
- Paper 3, Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 - 2 The birth of British Australia, 1788–1829 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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