Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
Self-appointed citizen groups who took the law into their own hands, often using lynching and banishment, because official law enforcement was absent.
Vigilance Committees appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Early Settlers and Challenges.
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