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BB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
Study long-term developments in power, reform, protest and rights from medieval kingship to modern Britain.
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AQAGCSEHistoryPaper 2 Section A: Thematic studies
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Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism3 objectives
- Study constraints on kingship, including baronial dissatisfaction with King John, Magna Carta, its terms and short- and long-term impact.
- Study origins of parliament, including issues between Henry III and barons, Simon de Montfort, Provisions of Oxford, the Parliament of 1265 and short- and long-term impact.
- Study medieval revolt and royal authority, including social, economic and political causes of the Peasants' Revolt, actions by rebels and government and the revolt's impact.
Part two: Challenging royal authority3 objectives
- Study popular uprisings against the Crown, including social, economic, religious and political causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace, implications for royal authority and Henry VIII's government reaction and impact.
- Study Divine Right and parliamentary authority, including causes of the English Revolution, New Model Army, political radicalism, trial and execution of Charles I, Cromwell and the Commonwealth.
- Study royal authority and the right to representation, including causes, impact and significance of the American Revolution and the relationship between government and people.
Part three: Reform and reformers3 objectives
- Study extension of the franchise, including radical protest, causes and impact of the Great Reform Act, further reform and Chartism's causes, actions and impact.
- Study protest and change, including campaigning groups, methods and impact, the Anti-Slavery movement, Anti-Corn Law League, factory reformers and social reformers.
- Study workers' movements, including development and impact of trade unionism, GNCTU, Tolpuddle Martyrs, New Model Unions, new unionism, match girls' strikes and dockers' strikes.
Part four: Equality and rights3 objectives
- Study women's rights, including suffrage campaign reasons, methods and responses, the Pankhursts, franchise extension and progress towards equality in the second half of the 20th century.
- Study workers' rights, including the General Strike 1926, actions, reactions, impact and late 20th-century trade-union reform.
- Study minority rights, including multi-racial society since the Second World War, discrimination, protest, reform, Brixton Riots and the Scarman Report.
Key terms
King JohnMagna CartaHenry IIISimon de MontfortPeasants' RevoltPilgrimage of GraceHenry VIIIDivine RightEnglish RevolutionAmerican RevolutionGreat Reform ActChartism
Exam tips
- Exam focus: King John: Support each point about King John with precise historical evidence.
- Exam focus: Henry III: Support each point about Henry III with precise historical evidence.
Common mistakes
- Avoid confusing King John: Anchor the answer to Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism, use precise evidence, and state whether King John is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
- Avoid confusing Henry III: Anchor the answer to Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism, use precise evidence, and state whether Henry III is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
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