History Revolutions Notes
This content is relevant to the study design ending in 2015. It will be updated in the coming weeks to reflect the new study design, but in the meantime there’s still plenty of relevant content, so have a look around!
American Revolution
Events (Area of Study 1)
- Revolutionary Ideas
- Key events of the American Revolution between 1763-1776
- The effects and results of the French-Indian War 1763
- The Proclamation Act 1763
- Sugar Act 1764
- Currency Act 1764
- Stamp Act 1765
- Quartering Act 1765
- Declaratory Act 1766
- Townshend Duties 1767
- Suspending Act 1767
- The Boston Massacre 1770
- The Boston Tea Party and Tea Act 1773
- Coercive Acts 1774
- First Continental Congress 1774
- Second Continental Congress 1775
- Declaration of Independence 1776
Events (Area of Study 2)
- Revolutionary War
- Newburgh Conspiracy, 1783
- The Treaty of Paris 1783
- Shays’ Rebellion, 1786-87
- Annapolis Convention 1786
- Constitutional Convention 1787
- The inauguration of Washington 1789
Documents
Individuals
Groups & Movements
- Colonial Assemblies
- The First and Second Continental Congresses
- Committees of Correspondence
- Sons of Liberty
- Non-importation groups
Challenges Faced by the New Society
Historiography
Chinese Revolution
Events (Area of Study 1)
- China in the late 19th century
- 100 Days of Reform
- Boxer Uprising
- Reform 1901-11
- 1911 Revolution - Grievances
- 1911 Revolution - Events
- Yuan's Republic
- Warlord Era
- Establishment of the CCP and First United Front
- Northern Expedition (end of First United Front)
- Jiangxi Soviet
- Nationalist Decade (1927-37)
- Long March
- The Yan’an period (CCP during the Second Sino-Japanese War)
- Second United Front and Sino-Japanese War
- Civil War
Events (Area of Study 2)
- First Decade of Communist Rule
- Military (Korean War)
- Economic
- First Five Year Plan
- Fanshen
- Social and Political
- The Hundred Flowers Campaign
- The Great Leap Forward
- Moderate Period
- Beginnings of the Cultural Revolution
- Events of the Cultural Revolution
- Last Decade of Communist Rule and Outcomes of the Period
Ideals
Individuals
Groups & Movements
French Revolution
Events & Ideology (Area of Study 1)
- The Enlightenment
- American War of Independence
- Estates
- Tax System
- Judicial and Administrative Systems
- Monarchy
- Assembly of Notables
- Paris Parlement
- Day of Tiles
- Reveillon Riots
- Estates-General
- National Assembly
- Tennis Court Oath
- Fall of the Bastille
- Revolts and Great Fear
- Night of Patriotic Delirium
Events & Ideology (Area of Study 2)
- August Decrees and the Women's March to Versailles
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
- Constitutions of 1791 and 1793
- Insurrectionary Commune
- Reign of Terror
- Judicial Terror
- Committee of General Security
- Committee of Public Safety
- De-Christianisation and the Supreme Being
- Aftermath
- Execution of Robespierre
- Thermidorean Reaction
- Political Change and the Repeal of Laws
- White Terror
- Constitution of the Year III
- The Legislative Councils and the Directory
Individuals
- Jacques-Louis Necker
- Louis XVI
- Marie-Antoinette
- Abbé Sieyès
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Jean-Paul Marat
- Comte de Mirabeau
- Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Documents
Groups & Movements
- Jacobins
- Maximilien Robespierre
- Jacques-Rene Hebert
- Feuillants
- Cordeliers
- Camille Desmoulins
- George-Jacques Danton
- Girondins
- Sans-Culottes
- National Guard
Challenges Faced by the New Society
- Role of the Monarchy
- Flight to Varennes
- Invasions of the Tuileries
- Champs de Mars Massacre
- Execution
- Religion
- Civil Constitution of the Clergy
- Clerical Oath
- War against Austria and Prussia
- Extended war against the Grand Coalition
- Enemies Within
- September Massacres
- Vendee and Federalist Revolts
- Narrowing of the Political Spectrum
Russian Revolution
Area of Study 1
- Events
- Russo-Japanese War
- Bloody Sunday
- 1905 Revolution
- October Manifesto
- Fundamental State Laws
- Rasputin
- World War One
- February Revolution
- June Offensive
- July Days
- Kornilov Affair
- October Revolution
- Historiography
- Marxist
- Revisionist
- Liberal/Western
Area of Study 2
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