History

Britain: Power and the people c1170 to the present

Key Topics for Revision

Challenging authority and feudalism in Medieval England, (King John and the Magna Carta, King Henry III and Simon de Montfort, Peasants Revolt)

Challenging royal authority in Tudor and Stuart England, (Henry VIII and the Pilgrimage of Grace, King Charles I and the English Civil War, King George III and the American Revolution) Reform and reformers in the nineteenth century, (Chartism and the Great Reform Act, The Anti – slavery movement, Anti Corn Law League and Social Reformers, Tolpuddle Martyrs and Trade Unions)

Equality and rights in the nineteenth and twentieth century, (Campaign for women’s Suffrage, Workers Rights and Trade Union reforms, Minority rights: the development of multi-racial society since the Second World War; discrimination, protest and reform; the Brixton Riots, their impact, including the Scarman Report).

The exam will include a combination of ‘describe’ and ‘explain’ questions. Students will be expected to interpret and analyse sources.

All pupils have access to the textbooks used in class and their class notes.

Length of Exam 1 Hour