History

Assessment

Theme one: Stuart Britain Absolutism Challenged Britain 1603-1649 • The Political Nation and basis of power • James I and Charles I: character and views on the monarchy, court, and favorites • Financial weaknesses of the crown and attempts to reform royal finance • Religion and religious divisions: Catholics, Puritans and Arminianism • Relations and disputes with parliaments • The state of relations between the Crown and Parliament by 1629 • Political divisions and challenges to Personal Rule in England, Scotland, and Ireland • First and Second Civil Wars • Social divisions after the civil wars • Regicide and the King’s response Theme two (A-level only) Monarchy restored and restrained: Britain 1949-1702 • Consolidation of the Republic in Scotland and campaign in Ireland • Political divisions and experiments • Cromwell and his aims • Charles II and the restored monarchy • Political developments and conflicts • Divisions in the Political Nation and the emergence of Whigs and Tories and their impact • Britain and its monarchy by 1702 Theme three: The Russian Revolution and the Rise of Stalin 1917-1929 • Dissent and Revolution, 1917 • The Bolshevik consolidation 1918- 1924 • Stalin’s rise to power, 1924 – 1929 Theme four (A-level only) Stalin’s Rule 1929-1953 • Economy and Society, 1929-1941 • Stalinism, politics, and control 1929-1941 • The great Patriotic war 1941,1953