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BB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day key terms

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BB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day

AQAGCSEHistoryPaper 2 Section A: Thematic studies

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  • King John

    King John is a History term for this objective because it helps explain constraints on kingship, including baronial dissatisfaction with King John, Magna Carta, its terms and...

  • Magna Carta

    In Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism, Magna Carta should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Henry III

    Henry III is a History term for this objective because it helps explain origins of parliament, including issues between Henry III and barons, Simon de Montfort, Provisions of...

  • Simon de Montfort

    In Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism, Simon de Montfort should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Peasants' Revolt

    Peasants' Revolt is a History term for this objective because it helps explain medieval revolt and royal authority, including social, economic and political causes of the...

  • Peasants' Revolt

    In Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism, Peasants' Revolt should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Pilgrimage of Grace

    Pilgrimage of Grace is a History term for this objective because it helps explain popular uprisings against the Crown, including social, economic, religious and political...

  • Henry VIII

    In Part two: Challenging royal authority, Henry VIII should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Divine Right

    Divine Right is a History term for this objective because it helps explain Divine Right and parliamentary authority, including causes of the English Revolution, New Model Army,...

  • English Revolution

    In Part two: Challenging royal authority, English Revolution should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution is a History term for this objective because it helps explain royal authority and the right to representation, including causes, impact and significance of...

  • American Revolution

    In Part two: Challenging royal authority, American Revolution should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Great Reform Act

    Great Reform Act is a History term for this objective because it helps explain extension of the franchise, including radical protest, causes and impact of the Great Reform Act,...

  • Chartism

    In Part three: Reform and reformers, Chartism should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Anti-Corn Law League

    Anti-Corn Law League is a History term for this objective because it helps explain protest and change, including campaigning groups, methods and impact, the Anti-Slavery...

  • Anti-Slavery

    In Part three: Reform and reformers, Anti-Slavery should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Tolpuddle Martyrs is a History term for this objective because it helps explain workers' movements, including development and impact of trade unionism, GNCTU, Tolpuddle...

  • new unionism

    In Part three: Reform and reformers, new unionism should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Pankhursts

    Pankhursts is a History term for this objective because it helps explain women's rights, including suffrage campaign reasons, methods and responses, the Pankhursts, franchise...

  • Pankhursts

    In Part four: Equality and rights, Pankhursts should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • General Strike

    General Strike is a History term for this objective because it helps explain workers' rights, including the General Strike 1926, actions, reactions, impact and late...

  • General Strike

    In Part four: Equality and rights, General Strike should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • multi-racial society

    multi-racial society is a History term for this objective because it helps explain minority rights, including multi-racial society since the Second World War, discrimination,...

  • Brixton Riots

    In Part four: Equality and rights, Brixton Riots should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.