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History (9HI0)
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Free History (9HI0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Paper 1: Breadth study with interpretations
The crusades, c1095–1204
England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion
Britain, 1625–1701: conflict, revolution and settlement
Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform
Russia, 1917–91: from Lenin to Yeltsin
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89
Britain transformed, 1918–97
Paper 2: Depth study
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106
England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154–89
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609
France in revolution, 1774–99
Russia in revolution, 1894–1924
The unification of Italy, c1830–70
The unification of Germany, c1840–71
Mao’s China, 1949–76
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90
India, c1914–48: the road to independence
South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’
The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy
The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery
The USA, 1955–92: conformity and challenge
Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509
Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598
The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society
Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939
Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914
The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918
Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923
The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality
Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited
The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991
The making of modern China, 1860–1997
Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009
Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004
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