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History 7042
2 sections available · 30 chapters available
Free History 7042 study notes for AQA A Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Component 1: Breadth study
The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204
Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598
The Tudors: England, 1485–1603
Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796
Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885
Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964
The British Empire, c1857–1967
The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975
The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991
Component 2: Depth study
Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216
The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499
The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564
Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570
The English Revolution, 1625–1660
The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715
The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
France in Revolution, 1774–1815
America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877
International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941
Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945
Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953
Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945
The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980
The Cold War, c1945–1991
The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000
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