Revision Notes
Situation in 1783
Triple Alliance
Revolutionary France
Britain’s Naval Power
Pitt as war leader
Defeat of Napoleon
Peninsular War
Castlereagh foreign policy
The Congresses 1812-1822
Canning vs Castlereagh
Revision notes
Luddism
Popular unrest and causes
The Hampden Clubs
Peterloo Massacre
Strengths and Weaknesses of Radicals
March of ‘Blanketeers’
Radical Press
Cato Street Conspiracy in 1817
Derbyshire Rising in 1817
Queen Caroline Affair
Six Acts of 1819
Corn Laws of 1815
Liberal Toryism
Peel at the Home Office
Revision activity for students to complete for effective note taking.
Aimed at AS/A-LEVEL Students
Based on the following:
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
Little Rock Nine 1957
The Freedom Riders 1961
James Meredith goes to University 1962
The March on Washington 1963
Brief summary on the following questions:
Why did Reformers want to reform Parliamentary before 1882?
Who could vote before 1832?
How did elections works?
Gunpowder Plot
Henry VIII 8th
Elizabeth 1st
Ann Boleyn
Protestantism and Catholism in England in 15th and 16th century
Attitude towards religion in Tudor England
Secularism and divine right of Kings
Evidence for and against for the likelihood of revolution
Pitt’s personal qualities
Support of the King
The unpopularity of the Fox-North Coalition
Charles James Fox
Finance
What did Pitt do to fix the problems?
Eden Treaty of 1786
Problems of administration facing Pitt / How Pitt solved this?
Pitt and his domestic policies
Pitt’s trade policies
Whig weaknesses
Lord Liverpool
Problems facing the country at the time
Challenge of radical movement
Causes of discontent after 1816
Catholic Emancipation
Consequences
A detailed plan for ‘The significance of truth in the Handmaids Tale’, relating to key quotations, context, typicality and critical reviews.
Criteria met:
A01
A02
A03
A04
A05
Criteria Revision for AS-A-Level Students
This unit aims to focus on the importance of context, typicality and critical views (A03, A04, A05).
It explores the texts; The Handmaids Tale, Feminine Gospels and Feminine Gospels to understand the concept behind the creation of these texts.
Links made to other texts and very helpful analysis for students in AS/A-Level to understand the writer’s intention behind the texts.
REVISION GUIDE FOR THE 1790’S
What threat did the radical reformers prose to the government in the 1970’s?
Publication of Tom Paine’s ‘The Rights of Man’
How did the government respond to radicalism in the 1790’s?
Who were the Luddites?
What were the effects of the end of the war with France?
What were the Corn Laws?
Why did so many working people demand parliamentary reform after 1815?
What was the impact of William Cobbett’s political register?
What was the importance of John Cartwright and the Hampden Clubs?
What happened at Peterloo?
What was the government’s response to popular protest?
What were the Six Acts of 1819?