History GCSE
Government repression and control
What Government repression and control means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Punishment and control imposed by the government after the 1715 and 1745 risings, including confiscating estates, disarming clans, building roads and barracks, banning Highland dress and the bagpipes, and restricting the Episcopalian clergy.
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