Escalation of conflict
What Escalation of conflict means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Tensions escalated as Britain deployed troops to maintain order, culminating in the Boston Massacre of 1770, which significantly widened the rift between Britain and America.
The Second Continental Congress escalated matters by acting as a de facto national government, managing the war effort after fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord.
Topics that use Escalation of conflict
- Option P2: Key topic 3: The loss of an empire, 1765–83 - 1 American colonist relations with Britain: growing opposition, 1765-75 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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