History GCSE
Territorial expansion
What Territorial expansion means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Territorial expansion
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
After the war, British settlers continued encroaching on Native lands in the Ohio Valley, keeping relations with Indigenous peoples tense.
Topics that use Territorial expansion
- Option P2: Key topic 2: A disrupted society, 1742–64 - 2 War in the colonies (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Colonial resentment
- Economic consequences of war
- Imperial rivalry
- Indigenous alliances
- Military strategy
- Proclamation Act (1763)
- Imperial dominance
- Pontiac's Rebellion
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