Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in A Disrupted Society.
The practice of buying large tracts of frontier land cheaply with the hope that its value will increase dramatically as settlers move into the area.
Land speculation appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for British America: Empire and Revolution, especially A Disrupted Society and War in the Colonies.
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