History GCSE
Urbanisation and industrialisation
What Urbanisation and industrialisation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Urbanisation and industrialisation
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The Industrial Revolution caused a massive change, shifting settlement from rural areas to expanding industrial cities like Manchester.
Topics that use Urbanisation and industrialisation
- Option 13: c1700–c1900: Migration in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 1 The context for migration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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