History Practice Exercises

Gavin Hannah was educated at the University of Birmingham, St. John's College, Cambridge and Kellogg College, Oxford. In 1988, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He has taught in Independent senior schools, examined history at A Level and trained as an ISI Inspector. Currently, he is Head of History at Summer Fields, Oxford. Following on from his BA at Leeds University, Paul Spencer gained his P.G.C.E. at Nottingham University. Having been Head of History in now three preparatory schools since then, he is presently combining that post with the position of Academic Deputy Head in London. He has been involved with the History ISEB team for the past few years and recently trained as an ISI inspector.

Introduction Evidence Questions A. Medieval Realms: 1066-1500 The First Crusade Matilda and Stephen Richard the Lionheart King John Edward I, Wales and Scotland Edward II and Scotland The Black Death 1348-1350 Henry V Women in Medieval Society Henry VII B. The Making of the United Kingdom: 1500-1750 Henry VIII Henry VIII and his Great Matter Lady Jane Grey and Mary I Mary I and the Protestants Elizabeth I Causes of the Civil War 1629-1641 The Battle of Marston Moor The Plague of London 1665 James II and the Glorious Revolution Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 C. Britain 1750 - circa 1900 The French Revolution The Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo The Great Reform Bill of 1832 Chartism The Crimean War The Indian Mutiny The Cotton Industry Trade unions Slavery and the Triangular Trade The British Empire Essay Questions A. Medieval Realms: 1066-1500 War and Rebellion Government and Parliament Religion Social History General Topics B. The Making of the United Kingdom: 1500-1750 War and Rebellion Government and Parliament Religion Social History General Topics C. Britain 1750 - circa 1900 War and Rebellion Government and Parliament Religion and Social Reform Social and Economic History General Topics