Government policy
What Government policy means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The approach that initially aimed to separate groups via the 'Permanent Indian Frontier', moving eastern tribes west, and later shifted towards concentrating tribes in specific territories.
The approach that increasingly forced Indigenous peoples onto smaller reservations to clear land for white settlers and the railroad.
Topics that use Government policy
- Option P3: Key topic 1: The early settlement of the West, c1835–c1862 - 3 Conflict and tension (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 3 Changes in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples of the Plains (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Annuities
- Assimilation
- Broken treaties
- Conflict
- Cultural destruction
- Environmental change
- Impact on Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous resistance
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