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Forced loan — Edexcel GCSE History Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE History · key term

Forced loan

Definition

Money which people were compelled to lend to the Crown, rather than lending voluntarily.

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Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0

Paper 2

Forced loans: landowners were compelled to lend money to the government in 1522 and 1523.
Revise: Wolsey's Rise and Policies

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