History GCSE
Poaching
What Poaching means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Poaching
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A persistent crime against authority and property, exacerbated by the 1723 Black Act which made it a capital offence, highlighting tension between wealthy landowners and the rural poor.
Topics that use Poaching
- Option 10: c1700–c1900: Crime and punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Britain - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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