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Commercial rivalry

GCSE History · key term

Commercial rivalry

Definition

Competition over trade, markets and wealth.

Used by Edexcel

How each exam board covers it

Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 2

Revise: Relations with Spain

Edexcel History past papers

Exam tips

1
Political, religious and commercial rivalry overlapped. Explain the connection rather than simply listing three causes.

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