Edexcel GCSE History Revision Notes 2016

Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2016

Last exams 2025

Medicine in Britain c.1250: Present

Perceived Causes of Disease in the Middle Ages

Medieval Medicine: Treatments

Prevention of Disease in Medieval England

The Black Death, 1348: Case Study

Ideas About Causes of Disease in Renaissance Britain

Medical Advancements During the Renaissance

Treatments in Renaissance Britain

Prevention of Disease in Renaissance Britain

The Great Plague, 1665: Case Study

Ideas About Causes of Disease in 18th & 19th Century

Treatments for Disease in the 18th & 19th Century

Prevention of Disease in the 18th & 19th Century

Cholera in London, 1854: Case Study

Ideas About the Cause of Disease in Modern Britain

Medical Treatments in Modern Britain

Prevention of Disease in Modern Britain

Lung Cancer: Case Study

British Sector of the Western Front: Context

The Trench System at the Western Front

The Terrain & Impact on Transport & Communications

Health Problems in the Western Front Trenches

Wounds from Injuries on the Western Front

RAMC & FANY: The System of Transport

RAMC & FANY: The Stages of Treatment

Context of Medicine in the Early 20th Century

Experiments in Surgery & Medicine on the Western Front

Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-1939

The Origins of the Weimar Republic, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles, 1919

Political Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23

Hyperinflation in Germany, 1923

Economic Recovery of the Weimar Republic, 1923-29

Improving Foreign Relations, 1923-29

Changes to Living Standards in the Weimar Republic

Changes to Women in the Weimar Republic

Cultural Changes in the Weimar Republic

The Creation of the Nazi Party

The Munich Putsch, 1923

The Lean Years of the Nazi Party, 1924-28

The Impact of the Wall Street Crash on Germany

Why Did People Support the Nazi Party?

How Hitler Became Chancellor, 1932-33

How Did Hitler Create A Dictatorship by 1934?

The Nazi Police State

Religion in Nazi Germany

Nazi Propaganda

Culture Changes in Nazi Germany

Support & Opposition to the Nazi Party

Changes to Women in Nazi Germany

Changes to Germany's Youth

Changes to Living Standards in Nazi Germany

Persecution of Minorities

Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588

Elizabethan Society & Government-1558

The Issues with Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England

The Advantages of Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England

Challenges to Elizabeth I's Succession in England

Challenges to Elizabeth I's Succession in Europe

The English Reformation

The Importance of the Church of England in 1558

Religious Division in Elizabethan England in 1558

Elizabeth I's Solution: The Religious Settlement, 1559

Enforcing the Religious Settlement

Puritan Challenge to the Religious Settlement

Catholic Challenge to the Religious Settlement

Protestantism Across Europe, 1562-1569

Mary, Queen of Scots' Claim to the English Throne

The Arrival of Mary Queen of Scots, 1568

Mary & Elizabeth I's Relationship, 1568-1569

The Revolt of the Northern Earls

The Ridolfi Plot, 1571

The Throckmorton Plot, 1583

The Babington Plot, 1586

Mary, Queen of Scots' Execution, 1587

Walsingham & the Use of Spies in Elizabethan England

Sir Francis Drake & the Americas

England & the Spanish Netherlands

Elizabeth I's Action in the Netherlands, 1585-1588

The Singeing of the King's Beard, 1587

The Spanish Armada, 1588

Education in Elizabethan England

Leisure in Elizabethan England

Why Were the Poor Considered a Problem for Elizabeth I?

Elizabeth's Poor Laws, 1563-1576

The Elizabethans & Exploration

Walter Raleigh & the Colonisation of Virginia

Superpower Relations & the Cold War

Communism Versus Capitalism: Difference in Ideology

The Peace Conferences, 1943-1945

The Atomic Bomb's impact on US-Soviet Relations

The Impact of the Telegrams

The Creation of Soviet Satellite States

The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid

Cominform, 1947 & Comecon, 1949

NATO, 1949

The Causes of the Berlin Crisis, 1948

The Berlin Blockade, June 1948

The Berlin Airlift, 1948

The Creation of East & West Germany

The Warsaw Pact, 1955

The Arms Race

Changes in Leadership, 1953-1956

The Hungarian Uprising, 1956-1958

Berlin's Refugee Crisis, 1958

Khrushchev's Ultimatum, November 1958

The Summits About Berlin, 1959-1961

Building the Berlin Wall, 1961

The Cuban Revolution, 1959

The 'Bay of Pigs' Incident, April 1961

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Czech Opposition to Soviet Control

Leonid Brezhnev & the Soviet Reaction to the 'Prague Spring'

The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968

Why did America & Russia Attempt to Reduce Tension?

The SALT Agreements

The Helsinki Accords, 1975

The End of Détente: the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Ronald Reagan & the 'Second Cold War'

The Olympic Boycotts

Gorbachev's 'New Thinking'

The Collapse of the Eastern Bloc, 1989-1990

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

The End of the Soviet Union

Crime & Punishment in Britain, c1000-Present

The Types of Criminal Activity in Medieval England

Law Enforcement in Medieval England

Punishments in Medieval England

The Influence of the Church on 13th Century On Crime & Punishment: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Early Modern England

Law Enforcement in Early Modern England

Punishments in Early Modern England

The Gunpowder Plot, 1605: Case Study

Matthew Hopkins & the Witch-Hunts of 1645-47: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain

Law Enforcement in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain

Punishments in Eighteenth & Nineteenth-Century Britain

Pentonville Prison: Case Study

Robert Peel: Case Study

The Types of Criminal Activity in Modern Britain

Law Enforcement in Modern Britain

Punishments in Modern Britain

The Treatment of Conscientious Objectors in the First & Second World Wars: Case Study

Derek Bentley & the Death Penalty: Case Study

The Problems of Housing & Overcrowding in Whitechapel

Poverty & Crime in Whitechapel

Immigration in Whitechapel

The Metropolitan Police

The Problems with Policing Whitechapel

Investigative Policing and the Whitechapel Murders

Why Couldn't the Police Catch 'Jack the Ripper'?

Anglo-Saxon & Norman England, c1060-1088

Anglo-Saxon Society in c1060

The Power of Anglo-Saxon Monarchs

Government in Anglo-Saxon England

The Legal System in Anglo-Saxon England

The Anglo-Saxon Economy

Religion in Anglo-Saxon England

The House of Godwin & Edward the Confessor

The Uprising Against Tostig Godwinson, 1065

The Death of Edward the Confessor

Who Wanted to Become the King of England in January 1066?

Harold Godwinson Becomes King, 6th January 1066

The Battle of Gate Fulford, 20th September 1066

The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25th September 1066

The Battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066

The Submission of the Earls, 1066

How did William the Conqueror Reward Loyalty?

The Marcher Earldoms

Motte & Bailey Castles

Edwin & Morcar's Revolt, 1068

Edgar Aethling & the Rebellions in the North, 1069

The Harrying of the North, 1069-1070

Hereward the Wake & the Rebellion of Ely, 1070-1071

The Revolt of the Earls, 1075

Changes in Landownership, 1066-1087

Changes in Landholding after 1071

William the Conqueror's Royal Powers

The Feudal System

The Church in Norman England

The Structure of Norman Government

The Domesday Book

The Norman Aristocracy

The Reign of William I & Succession

The American West, c.1835-c.1895

The Plains of America

Who were the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains?

What Factors Encouraged Western Migration?

The Problems With Migration: The Donner Party

The Mormon Migration, 1846-1847

Tension with the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains

The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851

Lawlessness in Early Settlements on the Plains

Tackling Lawlessness in the Plains

The American Civil War, 1861-1865

The Homestead Act, 1862

The Pacific Railroad Act, 1862

Tackling the Problem of Homesteading

The Impact of the American Civil War on Lawlessness

Development of the Cattle Industry in the American West

The Changing Role of the Cowboy

Rivalry Between Homesteaders and Cattle Ranchers

How Did the Development of the West Affect the Plains?

Conflict on the Plains, 1862-1868

Changes in Farming, c1876-c1895

Changes in the Cattle Industry, c1876-c1895

The Exoduster Movement, 1879

The Oklahoma Land Rush, 1893

Continued Lawlessness: Billy the Kid,1859-1881

Continued Lawlessness: Wyatt Earp & the OK Corral, 1881

The Johnson County War (1892)

Continued Conflict on the Plains, 1876-1890

The Extermination of the Buffalo

Indigenous People's Lives on the Reservations

Changing Government Attitudes Toward the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains

Edexcel GCSE History Revision Notes

Medicine in Britain c.1250: Present

Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-1939

Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588

Superpower Relations & the Cold War

Crime & Punishment in Britain, c1000-Present

Anglo-Saxon & Norman England, c1060-1088

The American West, c.1835-c.1895

Henry VIII & His Ministers, 1509–40