History A-Level
Transport Revolution
What Transport Revolution means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Transport Revolution
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The railway 'revolution' of the 1840s, whose expansion slashed transport costs for manufactured goods and drove broader industrial growth.
Topics that use Transport Revolution
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Political change and social reform, 1832-1846 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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