History GCSE
Rights and liberties
What Rights and liberties means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Rights and liberties
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Evolving ideas about civil liberties, including the abolition movement and Catholic emancipation, slowly changed the legal and social landscape for minority and migrant groups.
Topics that use Rights and liberties
- Option 13: c1700–c1900: Migration in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 1 The context for migration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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Using Rights and liberties in the exam
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