Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, Revolution and Settlement | Edexcel A-Level History (9HI0)

Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, Revolution and Settlement

159 questions
16 subtopics
Paper 1: the breadth study, one route of eight
Paper 1

A Paper 1 breadth study of Britain from the accession of Charles I to the eve of the eighteenth century, covering the collapse and restoration of monarchy, the religious conflicts that ran through it, and the social, agricultural and commercial change of the period.

The historical interpretations section asks how revolutionary the settlement of 1688 to 1701 really was.

Sample questions from Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, Revolution and Settlement

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

The failure of monarchical government, 1625–46

What event in January 1642 destroyed trust between Charles I and Parliament?

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His failed attempt to arrest the Five Members of the Commons in person, after which he left London.
From restoration to revolution, 1660–88

What happened to James II in the Glorious Revolution?

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He fled to France in December 1688 after William's landing, and Parliament treated this as an abdication.
The growth of religious nonconformity

What did Presbyterians want?

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A national church governed by elders and assemblies rather than bishops, with a uniform discipline binding on everyone; they were not in favour of toleration for sects.
Population growth, 1625-1701

What was the Great Plague of 1665?

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The last major outbreak of bubonic plague in England, killing perhaps 100,000 in London, roughly a fifth of the city's people.
A ferment of ideas

How did women take part in the political upheavals of the period?

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Women organised mass petitions to Parliament, notably in defence of the Levellers, and some radical sects allowed women to preach.
Changing domestic trade patterns

What was the Cockayne Project?

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An attempt from 1614 to ban the export of undyed cloth and finish it in England. It collapsed, damaged the cloth trade badly and left a long depression behind it.
Revolutionary ideals and constitutional monarchy

What was the Bill of Rights of 1689?

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A statute settling the succession on William and Mary and limiting royal power, banning a standing army in peacetime without consent and forbidding Catholics from the throne.
The Triennial Act 1694 and parliamentary power

What was the significance of parliament meeting annually after 1689?

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It became a permanent part of government rather than an occasional event, which required ministers to manage it continuously and gave rise to organised party politics.

The 16 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
The failure of monarchical government, 1625–46	Recall questions on the quarrels of 1625 to 1629, the Personal Rule and Ship Money, the Scottish crisis, and the breakdown that ended in civil war.	12
Republican rule, 1649–60	Recall questions on the Rump and its dissolution, Barebone's Parliament, the Instrument of Government, the Major-Generals, and why no settlement held.	11
From restoration to revolution, 1660–88	Recall questions on the settlement of 1660 to 1664, the quarrels over money and religion, the Popish Plot and Exclusion, and the personal rule after 1681.	11
The Church of England	Recall questions on Laud's altar policy and the prerogative courts, parliament's reordering of the church, the restoration of the Prayer Book, and the Great Ejection.	10
The growth of religious nonconformity	Recall questions on Puritan grievances under Charles I, Presbyterians and Independents, the radical sects and the Quakers, and persecution under the Clarendon Code.	10
The Catholic question	Recall questions on Catholic influence at court, the Irish rising of 1641, the Test Acts, and why James II's Catholicism proved impossible to accept.	10
Population growth, 1625-1701	Recall questions on the levelling off of population after 1650, the plague of 1665 and the fire of 1666, growing poverty, and the settlement laws.	9
The changing structure of society	Recall questions on the changing power of the nobility, the rise of the gentry debate, urbanisation, the professions, and how landholding law changed.	9
A ferment of ideas	Recall questions on the Levellers and Diggers, the Putney Debates, Hobbes and Locke, the collapse of censorship, and the founding of the Royal Society.	11
Agriculture and farming change	Recall questions on convertible husbandry and new crops, fen drainage, regional specialisation, capital investment, and the growth of a national market.	10
Changing domestic trade patterns	Recall questions on the new draperies and the refugee weavers, the Cockayne Project, London's pull on the economy, and the beginnings of banking.	10
The impact of imperial expansion	Recall questions on settlement in North America, the taking of Jamaica, mercantilism and the Navigation Acts, the Anglo-Dutch wars, the East India Company, and the slave trade.	8
Revolutionary ideals and constitutional monarchy	Recall questions on the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, how the deposition of James II was justified, and how far the crown was actually limited.	8
The Toleration Act 1689 and the end of Anglican supremacy	Recall questions on what toleration actually granted and to whom, occasional conformity, the lapse of the Licensing Act, and what the Church kept.	11
The Triennial Act 1694 and parliamentary power	Recall questions on frequent elections and annual sessions, the appropriation of supply, the standing army dispute, and why the Act was replaced in 1716.	9
William III's wars and the financial revolution	Recall questions on the cost of the Nine Years' War, the founding of the Bank of England, the national debt, the recoinage, and why lenders now trusted the state.	10

Britain, 1625-1701: Conflict, Revolution and Settlement is 159 of the 6,832 questions in the guide.Get the guide, £9

How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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