Economic development
What Economic development means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The gradual growth of towns, which created new urban opportunities for migrants, and the wool industry, which acted as a major pull factor attracting skilled European craftsmen.
The transformation of the southern colonies into wealthy, export-driven plantation economies entirely reliant on chattel slavery.
Topics that use Economic development
- Option 13: c800–c1500: Migration in medieval England - 1 The context for migration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P2: Key topic 1: British settlement in North America, 1713–41 - 2 Slavery in North America (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural expansion
- Fugitives
- Religion and Christendom
- Royal authority and finance
- Social hierarchy
- Urbanisation
- Chattel
- Colonial wealth
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