OCR HISTORY AS (H105) Topic Questions Unit Y131: Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016 Alfred and the Vikings Alfred and the governance of England The revival of literacy and learning: the Alfredian Renaissance Edward the Elder 899–924 Athelstan 924–939 Edmund 939–946, Eadred 946–955 and Edgar 957–975 Aethelred 978–1016 Unit Y132: Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107 Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066 William of Normandy’s Invasion and the Battle of Hastings 1066 William I and the consolidation of power William I and the government and administration of England William II ‘Rufus’ and the consolidation of power and government William II ‘Rufus’ and the Church The death of William II ‘Rufus’ and the succession of Henry 1107 Unit Y133: England 1199–1272 John and Normandy The Baronial Rebellion of 1215 John and the Church The minority and early years of the reign of Henry III 1216–1232 Henry’s rule 1232–1258 Political Crisis 1258–1263 Simon de Montfort, civil war and reconstruction 1263–1272 Unit Y135: England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII The Outbreak of the Wars 1445–1450 The early actions of Richard, Duke of York War and the defeat of Richard, Duke of York Edward IV’s first rule and the crisis of 1470–1471 Edward IV and Richard III 1471–1485 Henry VII’s rule in England 1485–1509 Henry VII’s foreign policy 1485–1509 Unit Y136: England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors The government of Henry VII and threats to his rule Henry VII’s foreign policy Henry VIII and Wolsey The reign of Henry VIII after 1529 The stability of the monarchy Religious changes Rebellion and unrest Unit Y137: England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors The stability of the monarchy Religious changes Rebellion and unrest Elizabeth and religion The nature of the Elizabethan Monarchy, Government and Parliament Elizabeth’s management of financial, economic and social affairs Elizabethan later years 1588–1603 Unit Y138: The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660 James I and Parliament James I and religion Charles I 1625–1640 Charles I and the victory of Parliament 1640–1646 The failure to achieve a settlement 1646–1649 Commonwealth and Protectorate The Restoration of Charles II Unit Y140: From Pitt to Peel: Britain 1783–1853 Pitt the Younger Lord Liverpool and the Tories 1812–1830 Foreign Policy 1783–1830 Parliamentary reform and the Great Reform Act 1832 Peel and the Conservative Party 1832–1846 Peel and social reform 1832–1846 Peel and pressure groups Unit Y141: Liberals, Conservatives and the Rise of Labour 1846–1918 Whigs to Liberals Gladstonian Liberalism Disraelian Conservatism Late Victorian politics: Gladstone and Salisbury until 1902 Political issues c.1900–1914 Social issues 1900–1918 Britain at war 1914–1918 Unit Y142: Britain 1900–1951 Political issues c.1900–1914 Social issues 1900–1918 Britain at war 1914–1918 British politics 1918–1929 British domestic politics 1929–1939 Economic issues 1918–1939 Domestic politics 1940–1951 Unit Y143: Britain c.1930–1997 Churchill’s view of events 1929–1940 Churchill as wartime Prime Minister Churchill and international diplomacy 1939–1951 Conservative domination 1951–1964 Labour and Conservative governments 1964–1979 Thatcher and the end of consensus 1979–1997 Britain’s position in the world 1951–1997 Unit Y233: The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192 The First Crusade AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC The Crusader States in the 12th Century The Second Crusade The Third Crusade AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC Unit Y237: The German Reformation and the rule of Charles V 1500–1559 The German Reformation 1517–1529 AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC The spread of Lutheranism 1530–1555, the Schmalkaldic War and Peace of Augsburg AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC Charles V’s relations with the Ottoman Empire Charles V’s Wars with France Unit Y240: Russia 1645–1741 Russia 1645–1698 The reforms of Peter the Great 1698–1725 AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC Foreign Relations 1645–1725 Opposition and reaction 1645–1741 AS INTERPRETATION TOPIC Unit Y242: The American Revolution 1740–1796 The development of British hegemony in America Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution 1774–1783 The early Republic 1783–1796 Unit Y243: The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815 The causes of the French Revolution from 1774 and the events of 1789 The Revolution from October 1789 to the Directory 1795 Napoleon Bonaparte to 1807 The decline and fall of Napoleon 1807–1815 Unit Y245: Italy and Unification 1789–1896 Italy 1789–1847 The Revolutions of 1848–1849 and their aftermath The Risorgimento and the establishment of a new kingdom of Italy 1850–1861 Italy 1861–1896 Unit Y246: The USA in the 19th Century: Westward expansion and Civil War 1803–c.1890 Westward expansion; causes and impacts Native Americans The growth of sectional tension 1850–1861 The Civil War Unit Y248: International Relations 1890–1941 The causes and nature of the First World War The Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations and international diplomacy 1919–1935 Dictators and Appeasers in Europe 1929–1941 The Far East 1918–1941 Unit Y249: Russia 1894–1941 The rule of Tsar Nicholas II The 1917 Revolutions The Civil War and Lenin The rule of Stalin Unit Y250: Italy 1896–1943 Italy 1896–1915 Italy 1915–1925 Fascist Italy 1925–1943 Foreign Policy of Mussolini Unit Y251: Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963 The establishment and development of the Weimar Republic: 1919–Jan 1933 The establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship and its domestic policies Feb 1933–1939 The impact of war and defeat on Germany: 1939–1949 Divided Germany: The Federal Republic and the DDR 1949–1963 Unit Y252: The Cold War in Asia 1945–1993 Western Policies in Post War Asia 1945–1979 The Korean War 1950–1953 and its impact to 1977 Indochina 1945–1967 Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia 1968–1993 Unit Y253: The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995 The origins of the Cold War to 1945 The development of the Cold War 1946–1955 The Cold War 1956–1984 The end of the Cold War 1984–1995 Unit Y254: Apartheid and Reconciliation: South African Politics 1948–1999 Establishing Apartheid The development of Apartheid and growing resistance The collapse of Apartheid 1978–1989 A New South Africa 1989–1999
