British History syllabus
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WEEK |
TOPIC |
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1 |
Prehistoric Britain (500 000 - 43 A.D.) |
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An Island People. Neolithic Farmers. Megalithic Monuments. The Celts. |
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2 |
Roman Britain (AD 43 - 410) |
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Caesar's invasions. The Roman province. Romanization of Britain. |
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3 |
The Anglo-Saxon period (440 - 1066) |
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The Saxons, Angles and Jutes. The House of Wessex. The Normans. |
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4 |
The Early Middle Ages (1066 - 1485) |
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The Norman Conquest. Decline of Feudal Rule. The beginnings of Parliament. |
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The Late Middle Ages |
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The Hundred Years' War Black Death. Peasants' Revolt. The Wars of the Roses. |
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6 |
The Tudor Age (1485 - 1603) |
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The English Reformation. Elizabeth I. The New Foreign Policy and the Building of Britain's Trade Empire. |
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Mid-semester test on topics 1 - 6 |
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8 |
The Stuarts (1603 - 1688) |
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Parliament Against the Crown. The English Revolution. The Restoration of Monarchy. The Glorious Revolution. |
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9 |
The Eighteen Century (1688 - 1789) |
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A Century of Conflicts. The Era of Robert Walpole. The American Revolution. Napoleonic Wars. |
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10 |
The Age of Industrial Revolution |
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The Origins of Industrial Revolution. Population Growth and Urbanisation. The Reforms of the 1830s. |
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11 |
The Nineteenth Century (1815 - 1914) |
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Mid-Victorian Prosperity. The Gladstone-Disraeli Rivalry. The Late Victorian Empire. |
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12 |
World War I and Interwar Years (1914 - 1939) |
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War in Europe 1914 - 1918. Women's Suffrage. Ireland's Independence. The Interwar Years. |
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13 |
World War II to Welfare State |
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The Atlantic War. The Home Front. Austerity and Affluence. Aftermath of Empire. |
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