Samenvattingen Cambridge International AS Level European History 1789-1917

What were the causes and immediate outcomes of the 1789 Revolution? Content • The Ancien Régime: problems and policies of Louis XVI • Pressures for change (social, economic and political including the Enlightenment) • The reaction of Louis XVI to attempts at reform • Responses to Louis XVI’s actions, e.g. Storming of the Bastille, March of the Women, Declaration of the Rights of Man, The August Decrees Why were French governments unstable from 1790 to 1795? • Revolutionary and count...

This topic covers the following events and developments in the evolution of the First World War c.1890–1914: • Tensions between the Great Powers including the Moroccan Crises • The alliance system • The growth of militarism • The arms race • Instability in the Balkans • War plans • The assassination at Sarajevo and the July crisis • Mobilisation and declarations of war Key approaches Candidates should explore the following issues through the interpretations and approaches of di...

The nature of the Tsarist regime: pressures for change (social, economic and political) and the reaction of Nicholas II to them • Key events of the Revolution, e.g. ‘Bloody Sunday’, wider risings and The October Manifesto • The reassertion of Tsarist authority: the Dumas and Stolypin’s reforms

The nature of the Tsarist regime: pressures for change (social, economic and political) and the reaction of Nicholas II to them • Key events of the Revolution, e.g. ‘Bloody Sunday’, wider risings and The October Manifesto • The reassertion of Tsarist authority: the Dumas and Stolypin’s reforms • The extent of opposition to the Tsarist rule Political, social and economic effects of the First World War, impact of military defeats • Nicholas II as a war leader: implications of persona...

This topic covers the following events and developments in the evolution of the First World War c.1890–1914: • Tensions between the Great Powers including the Moroccan Crises • The alliance system • The growth of militarism • The arms race • Instability in the Balkans • War plans • The assassination at Sarajevo and the July crisis • Mobilisation and declarations of war Key approaches Candidates should explore the following issues through the interpretations and approaches of di...

The nature of the Tsarist regime: pressures for change (social, economic and political) and the reaction of Nicholas II to them • Key events of the Revolution, e.g. ‘Bloody Sunday’, wider risings and The October Manifesto • The reassertion of Tsarist authority: the Dumas and Stolypin’s reforms

The nature of the Tsarist regime: pressures for change (social, economic and political) and the reaction of Nicholas II to them • Key events of the Revolution, e.g. ‘Bloody Sunday’, wider risings and The October Manifesto • The reassertion of Tsarist authority: the Dumas and Stolypin’s reforms • The extent of opposition to the Tsarist rule Political, social and economic effects of the First World War, impact of military defeats • Nicholas II as a war leader: implications of persona...

This topic covers the following events and developments in the evolution of the First World War c.1890–1914: • Tensions between the Great Powers including the Moroccan Crises • The alliance system • The growth of militarism • The arms race • Instability in the Balkans • War plans • The assassination at Sarajevo and the July crisis • Mobilisation and declarations of war Key approaches Candidates should explore the following issues through the interpretations and approaches of di...

What were the causes and immediate outcomes of the 1789 Revolution? Content • The Ancien Régime: problems and policies of Louis XVI • Pressures for change (social, economic and political including the Enlightenment) • The reaction of Louis XVI to attempts at reform • Responses to Louis XVI’s actions, e.g. Storming of the Bastille, March of the Women, Declaration of the Rights of Man, The August Decrees Why were French governments unstable from 1790 to 1795? • Revolutionary and count...

This topic covers the following events and developments in the evolution of the First World War c.1890–1914: • Tensions between the Great Powers including the Moroccan Crises • The alliance system • The growth of militarism • The arms race • Instability in the Balkans • War plans • The assassination at Sarajevo and the July crisis • Mobilisation and declarations of war Key approaches Candidates should explore the following issues through the interpretations and approaches of di...