History

Year 8 History Revision List:

(updated April 25) 

Exam duration: 45 minutes

Format of the paper: You will answer one question out of a choice of three. Each question will be split into the following sections:

• 1 Source analysis and evaluation question

• 1 ‘Explain why’ question

• 1 Debate question

Topics:

• The English Civil War

• The French Revolution

• Slavery 

Topics in detail:

1. The English Civil War:

• What were the causes of the English Civil War?

• Why did Charles and Parliament fall out?

• Who were the Roundheads and Cavaliers?

• Why did Parliament win the Civil War?

• How did the power of the monarchy decline after the Restoration? 

2. The French Revolution

• What were the causes of the French Revolution? 

• What was the significance of key events during the Revolution (e.g. Storming of the Bastille and Flight to Varennes)? 

• Why was King Louis executed?

3. Slavery

• What were the details of the triangular trade?

• What were conditions like on the Middle Passage? 

• What was life like on plantations? 

• How was slavery abolished?