History for Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide (for the June 2022 exams) by Ed Adams

Please note, this resource is suitable for the exams up to June 2022. New revision resources will be available from Spring 2022 for the exams from November 2022.

Exam Board: ISEB
Level: 13+
Subject: History
First Exam: Autumn 2013

History for Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide reflects the style and content of the new ISEB Common Entrance syllabus and provides essential support and guidance for thorough exam preparation.

- Endorsed by ISEB
- Consolidates all the key information required for Common Entrance
- Provides tips and advice on how to answer both the evidence and essay questions
- Includes 'Test yourself' exercises for focused revision

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i: Introduction
A: Medieval Realms: Britain 1066-1485
- 1: The Norman Conquest
- - 1.1: Background to the Conquest
  - 1.2: Preparations for the invasion
  - 1.3: The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
  - 1.4: The Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066
- 2: Conquered England
- - 2.1: Medieval rule and the Feudal System
  - 2.2: Revolts and rebellions
  - 2.3: New buildings
  - 2.4: The Domesday Book
  - 2.5: Life in the manor
- 3: The sons of William I
- - 3.1: William II (1087-1100)
  - 3.2: Henry I (1100-35)
  - 3.3: Matilda
  - 3.4: The Church
  - 3.5: Monasteries and nunneries
- 4: From civil war to Henry II
- - 4.1: Stephen (1135-54)
  - 4.2: Henry II (1154-89)
  - 4.3: Thomas Becket
  - 4.4: Eleanor of Aquitaine and the sons of Henry II
- 5: Richard I, the Crusades and King John
- - 5.1: The First Crusade
  - 5.2: Richard I (1189-99) and the Third Crusade
  - 5.3: John and the Angevin Empire
  - 5.4: John and the Church
  - 5.5: Magna Carta
- 6: Henry III and the Edwards
- - 6.1: Henry III (1216-72)
  - 6.2: Edward I (1272-1307)
  - 6.3: Wales and Scotland
  - 6.4: Edward II (1307-27)
  - 6.5: The fall of Edward II
  - 6.6: Edward III (1327-77)
  - 6.7: The Battle of Crecy, 26 August 1346
  - 6.8: The last years of Edward III
- 7: Life in the Middle Ages
- - 7.1: Castles
  - 7.2: The Jews
  - 7.3: Medieval women
  - 7.4: Medieval health and the Black Death
- 8: Richard II and life in the towns
- - 8.1: Richard II (1377-99) and the Peasants' Revolt
  - 8.2: The fall of Richard II
  - 8.3: Towns
  - 8.4: Guilds
  - 8.5: Town government, law and order
- 9: The three Henrys
- - 9.1: Henry IV (1399-1413)
  - 9.2: Henry V (1413-22)
  - 9.3: The Battle of Agincourt, 25 October 1415
  - 9.4: Joan of Arc
  - 9.5: Henry VI (1422-71)
  - 9.6: The coming of civil war
- 10: The Wars of the Roses
- - 10.1: The first war (1459-61)
  - 10.2: Edward IV (1461-83)
  - 10.3: The second war (1470-71)
  - 10.4: Edward V and Richard III (1483-85)
  - 10.5: The Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485
B: The Making of the United Kingdom: 1485-1750
- 11: Henry VII (1485-1509)
- - 11.1: Securing the throne
  - 11.2: The two pretenders
  - 11.3: The tax rebellions
  - 11.4: Foreign policy
- 12: Henry VIII (1509-47)
- - 12.1: Early life and reign
  - 12.2: Thomas Wolsey
  - 12.3: The rise of Protestantism
  - 12.4: The King's Great Matter
  - 12.5: Cromwell and the Reformation
  - 12.6: The six wives of Henry VIII
- 13: Edward VI (1547-53) and Mary I (1553-58)
- - 13.1: Edward VI and the Protestant surge
  - 13.2: Lady Jane Grey and Mary I
  - 13.3: Wyatt's Rebellion (1554)
  - 13.4: The Catholic resurgence
- 14: Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
- - 14.1: Early life and reign
  - 14.2: The Elizabethan Settlement
  - 14.3: Mary, Queen of Scots
  - 14.4: War with Spain
  - 14.5: Elizabeth's government
- 15: Life in the sixteenth century
- - 15.1: Trade
  - 15.2: Poverty and the Poor Laws
  - 15.3: Town and country
  - 15.4: Women in the sixteenth century
- 16: James I (1603-25) and Charles I (1625-49)
- - 16.1: James I and religion
  - 16.2: James I and Parliament
  - 16.3: Charles I and religion
  - 16.4: Charles I and Parliament
  - 16.5: Causes of the Civil War
- 17: Civil War (1642-49) and the Interregnum (1649-60)
- - 17.1: The English Civil War
  - 17.2: The Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644
  - 17.3: Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army
  - 17.4: The trial and execution of Charles I
  - 17.5: Cromwell and Parliament
  - 17.6: Ireland and Scotland
  - 17.7: Richard Cromwell and the Restoration
- 18: Charles II (1660-85) and James II (1685-88)
- - 18.1: Charles II
  - 18.2: Plague and fire
  - 18.3: Charles II and religion
  - 18.4: James II and the Monmouth Rebellion
  - 18.5: The Glorious Revolution
  - 18.6: Culture and science
- 19: William III and Mary II (1689-1702) and Anne (1702-14)
- - 19.1: William III and Mary II
  - 19.2: Ireland and France
  - 19.3: The Act of Settlement (1701)
  - 19.4: Anne and war with France
  - 19.5: The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704
  - 19.6: The Act of Union (1707)
- 20: George I (1714-27) and George II (1727-60)
- - 20.1: George I and the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion
  - 20.2: Parliament and Walpole
  - 20.3: Trade and the empire
  - 20.4: George II and war with Europe
  - 20.5: The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion
C: Britain and Empire: 1750-1914
- 21: The Seven Years' War
- - 21.1: Background
  - 21.2: William Pitt the Elder
  - 21.3: Wolfe and the fall of Quebec
  - 21.4: British victories and the end of the campaign
- 22: The American Rebellion and World War
- - 22.1: Background
  - 22.2: The outbreak of war
  - 22.3: The early war
  - 22.4: The later war
- 23: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
- - 23.1: The French Revolution
  - 23.2: William Pitt the Younger
  - 23.3: Horatio Nelson
  - 23.4: The Trafalgar campaign
  - 23.5: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
  - 23.6: The Waterloo campaign
- 24: Dissent and calls for political reform, 1815-48
- - 24.1: The rise of protest
  - 24.2: The Reform Acts
  - 24.3: Chartism
- 25: The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions
- - 25.1: The Agricultural Revolution
  - 25.2: The Industrial Revolution
  - 25.3: Public health
- 26: The transportation revolution
- - 26.1: Roads
  - 26.2: Canals
  - 26.3: Rail
  - 26.4: Telford and Brunel
- 27: Social and industrial reform
- - 27.1: The slave trade
  - 27.2: The abolition movement
  - 27.3: Prison reform
  - 27.4: Poor Law reform
  - 27.5: Employment reform
- 28: Religious life, 1750-1914
- - 28.1: Catholicism and the Oxford Movement
  - 28.2: Methodism and the Evangelical movement
- 29: Victorian England: success, war and politics
- - 29.1: Victoria's life
  - 29.2: Victorian politics
  - 29.3: The Great Exhibition
  - 29.4: The Crimean War
  - 29.5: Seacole and Nightingale
  - 29.6: Women's suffrage
- 30: The British Empire and the road to war
- - 30.1: India
  - 30.2: The Indian Mutiny
  - 30.3: South Africa
  - 30.4: The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
  - 30.5: Great Power rivalries, 1871-1914
ii: Essay question answers
iii: Test yourself answers
Appendix 1: Timelines
- iv: The monarchs of England, 1066-1485
- v: The monarchs of England, 1485-1750
- vi: The monarchs of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, 1750-1900
Appendix 2: Family trees
- vii: For Chapters 1-2
- viii: For Chapters 3-5
- ix: For Chapter 6
- x: For Chapters 8-11
- xi: For Chapters 12-14
- xii: For Chapters 16-20
- xiii: For Chapters 21-30

History for Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide (for the June 2022 exams) Ed Adams

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