History GCSE
Imperial connections
What Imperial connections means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Imperial connections
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Migrants from the British Empire, such as lascars and ayahs, established communities in major port cities, reflecting Britain's changing global and imperial connections.
Topics that use Imperial connections
- Option 13: c1700–c1900: Migration in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 1 The context for migration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Change and continuity
- Imperialism and global trade
- Push and pull factors
- Rights and liberties
- Urbanisation and industrialisation
- Industrialisation and urbanisation
- Social class and structure
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