Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in British Settlement in North America.
The remote, rugged frontier region along the Appalachian Mountains where many poorer immigrants, such as the Scots-Irish, were forced to settle.
Backcountry appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for British America: Empire and Revolution, especially British Settlement in North America and Developments in Colonial Society.
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