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WELCOME TO YEAR 13 HISTORY


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 * Early Modern England and the interesting folk that ruled the place !! ||

**EARLY MODERN ENGLAND 1558-1667**

__ A: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY __

 **//What was the nature of English society and economic activity from the 1550’s to the//**
 * //1660’s? What major trends and changes characterise the century between these dates?//**

 A1 - F__amily Life__, __marriage__, __gender roles__ A2 - __Religion__, the nature of the institutional __church__, __popular beliefs and practices__ A3 - Structure and change in __society__ and __economy__ – rural and urban

 __ B: GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 1558-1640 __

 **//What was the nature of Elizabethan and early Stuart government? What major problems//**
 * //did rulers face, and how did they deal with them?//**

 B1 - The characteristics of __personal monarchy__ – Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I. B2 - The __governing of England__ under Elizabeth, James I and Charles I – central and local government; court patronage, favourites and factions; the role of parliament. B3 - I__ssues of government__ under Elizabeth, James I and Charles I – religion; finance; archaic machinery state; peace and war; co-operation and conflict between monarch and governing class; multiple kingdoms.

__C: REVOLUTION, REPUBLIC AND RESTORATION 1640-1667 __

//**Why did civil war break out and why did it lead to regicide and revolution? Why did the **// **//Interregnum experiments fail and end in Restoration//?**

 C1 - Charles I and __Pym__: __causes of the civil war__, 1640 – 1642; why did Parliament win the war, __impact and consequences of civil war__ 1642 – 1649. C2 - __Cromwell__ and the __Protectorate__: radicalism vs. conservatism; authority and dissent; __experiments in government__ and reasons for failure? C3 - __Charles II__: What was __restored__? What was __unresolved__?