History GCSE
State expansion and wartime taxation
What State expansion and wartime taxation means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of State expansion and wartime taxation
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The state expanded as income tax was introduced, the population was counted and troops were raised by recruitment and militia ballot.
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