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My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement
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Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.

- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner

- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks

- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities

- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels

- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample answers and commentary from expert authors and teachers

- Boosts historical knowledge with a useful glossary and timeline

Language
English
ISBN
9781471876561
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Introduction
1 The quest for political stability, 1625–88
Charles I and parliament, 1625–29
Personal Rule and its failure, 1629–40
The failure to compromise, 1640–49
The First Civil War, 1642–46
The failure to reach a negotiated settlement, 1646–49
Republican rule, 1649–60
The role of Cromwell, 1640–58
The Restoration Settlement, 1660–64
Conflicts between king and parliaments, 1665–81
Personal Rule and the collapse of royal power, 1681–88
Exam focus
2 Religion: conflict and dissent, 1625–88
Laud’s policies and religious uniformity
The Church of England, 1640–62
The growth of religious non-conformity: Puritanism under Charles I
Presbyterians and religious radicalism
The persecution of dissenters under Charles II and James II
The Catholic question, 1625–88
Exam focus
3 Social and intellectual change, 1625–88
Population growth
Poverty and the Poor Laws
The changing structure of society
Urbanisation and the growth of the professional and merchant classes
The status of women
Radical political ideas, including the Levellers and the Diggers
Hobbes and Locke: the end of divine right monarchy and a confessional state
The Scientific Revolution and the Royal Society
Exam focus
4 Economy, trade and empire, 1625–88
Agriculture
The development of national markets and the cloth trade
London, economic development and the growth of banking and insurance
The impact of imperial expansion
The development of trade overseas
Exam focus
Historical interpretations: How revolutionary, in the years to 1701, was the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89?
The significance of revolutionary ideals in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, Part 1
The significance of revolutionary ideals in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, Part 2
The impact of the Toleration Act 1689 and the end of Anglican supremacy
The significance of the Triennial Act 1694 and the growth of parliamentary power
The importance of William III’s wars in the development of a financial revolution
Exam focus
Glossary
Key figures
Timeline
Mark schemes
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