Y109: the Making of Georgian Britain 1678-C.1760 | OCR A-Level History A (H505)

Y109: the Making of Georgian Britain 1678-C.1760

100 questions
9 subtopics
British period study and enquiry, one of thirteen
Y101 to Y113

The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760 is unit Y109 of OCR History A, one of the thirteen options in unit group 1, the British period study and enquiry; a student sits one of them.

Its seven key topics are the last years of Charles II 1678–1685, James II 1685–1688, the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689, the Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714, aspects of Politics 1714–1780, social and economic developments c.1700–1780, foreign policy 1689–1763. 100 recall questions across 9 subtopics.

Sample questions from Y109: the Making of Georgian Britain 1678-C.1760

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

The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714: political and religious settlement 1689–1701

What did the Toleration Act of 1689 allow, and what did it withhold?

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It allowed Protestant dissenters who took the oaths of allegiance to worship in licensed meeting houses, but it left the Test and Corporation Acts in force so they were still barred from office, and it gave nothing to Catholics or anti-Trinitarians.
The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714: Queen Anne and Union with Scotland 1707

Why did the Marlborough–Godolphin ministry fall in 1710?

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War weariness and the land tax, the Queen's estrangement from Sarah Churchill in favour of Abigail Masham, and the popular fury over the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell for a High Church sermon, which produced riots and then a Tory landslide.
Aspects of Politics 1714–1780: Tory eclipse, the Jacobite risings and Walpole’s rise

Outline the course of the rising of 1745.

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Charles Edward Stuart landed in the Hebrides with almost no support, raised the clans at Glenfinnan, took Edinburgh and routed Cope at Prestonpans, marched as far as Derby before his officers insisted on retreat, and was destroyed by Cumberland at Culloden in April 1746.
Aspects of Politics 1714–1780: relations with George I and II, Wyvill and the County Associations

Why did Walpole fall in 1742?

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The unwanted Spanish war went badly, the general election of 1741 cut his majority through losses in Scotland and Cornwall, and after narrow defeats on election petitions in early 1742 he resigned and took a peerage as Earl of Orford.
Social and economic developments c.1700–1780: evangelical revival and population growth

Why did Methodism appeal to so many people?

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It reached mining districts and new industrial settlements that the parish system had never served, offered emotional certainty of salvation and hymns that ordinary people could sing, and gave the poor responsibility, discipline and mutual support within the class meeting.
Social and economic developments c.1700–1780: financial settlement and urban unrest

How did towns develop in the eighteenth century?

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London grew towards three-quarters of a million people, the ports and manufacturing towns of Bristol, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester expanded rapidly, spa and leisure towns such as Bath were rebuilt, and improvement commissions took on paving, lighting, cleansing and water supply.
Foreign policy 1689–1763: William III’s foreign policy, Pitt the Elder and the Seven Years War

Name Marlborough's other major victories and their results.

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Ramillies in 1706 delivered the Spanish Netherlands, Oudenarde in 1708 opened the way into France, and Malplaquet in 1709 was won at such cost in allied lives that it strengthened the peace party at home.
Enquiry: The last years of Charles II 1678–1685 — England in 1678 and Anglican Church in 1685

Why did Charles summon Parliament to Oxford in 1681, and how did it end?

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He moved it away from the Whig crowds and militia of London, and having secured secret subsidies from Louis XIV he dissolved it after a week and governed for the rest of his life without Parliament.

The 9 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714: political and religious settlement 1689–1701	Recall questions on the political and religious settlement 1689–1701 under William and Mary.	8
The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714: Queen Anne and Union with Scotland 1707	Recall questions on Queen Anne, personality and internal policies, Whigs and Tories, the Marlborough-Godolphin ministry, the Harley ministry, different views of war, the Scottish settlement, the Union with Scotland 1707.	12
Aspects of Politics 1714–1780: Tory eclipse, the Jacobite risings and Walpole’s rise	Recall questions on the eclipse of the Tories after 1714, the Septennial Act, the risings of 1715 and 1745, the failure of Jacobitism, the South Sea Bubble, Walpole’s finance, the Excise Crisis and his management of Parliament.	11
Aspects of Politics 1714–1780: relations with George I and II, Wyvill and the County Associations	Recall questions on relations with George I and II and Queen Caroline, religious policies and the Indemnity acts, Excise Bill 1733, war and Parliamentary defeats 1741–1742, calls for reform in the reign of George III: the growth of radicalism, Wilkes.	9
Social and economic developments c.1700–1780: evangelical revival and population growth	Recall questions on the evangelical revival, the emergence and growth of Methodism, Wesley and the reasons for his appeal, population growth, the growth of trade and early industrial developments.	11
Social and economic developments c.1700–1780: financial settlement and urban unrest	Recall questions on financial settlement, National Debt and commercial growth, urban development and problems, including crime, urban unrest, including the Porteous Riots and the Gordon Riots.	9
Foreign policy 1689–1763: William III’s foreign policy, Pitt the Elder and the Seven Years War	Recall questions on William III’s foreign policy, the Nine Years War 1689–1697 and the Peace of Ryswick, Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1714, Hanover and the foreign policies of George I and II, Walpole’s policies 1721–1745.	20
Enquiry: The last years of Charles II 1678–1685 — England in 1678 and Anglican Church in 1685	Recall questions on England in 1678, Shaftesbury and opposition, the succession issue and the Exclusion Crisis, dissolution of the Oxford Parliament, extent of Charles’ power 1681–1685, the Rye House Plot, Tory power and Whig weakness 1681–1685, the Anglican Church in 1685.	9
Enquiry: James II 1685–1688 and The Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689 — James’s aims and policies, William’s invasion and the settlement	Recall questions on James II’s aims, the Argyll and Monmouth rebellions, the dispensing power and Declarations of Indulgence, the Seven Bishops, the birth of an heir, William’s invasion, James’s flight and the Convention settlement.	11

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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.

Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.