These revision notes include all the information from the AQA A-Level History British Empire course. These notes helped form the basis of all my revision.
This study set contains in depth hand written notes on all units (1-4) of the A-Level course. Practice questions are also listed at the end. ...
- Spec overview
- Unit 1
o Topics 1, 2 and 6 covering India, Africa and
Relations with indigenous people mixed at start
o Topics 3, 4 and 5 covered individually after
- Unit 2
o Topics 7 and 12 focusing on the Boer War covered
together at the end
- Unit 3
- Unit 4
- Past paper questions
Quizlet username: charlotte_langrish
à Quizlets on every unit - including key dates and stats
, AQA
Spec Overview
, Part one: the High Water Mark of the British Empire,
c1857–1914
The development of Imperialism, c1857–c1890
• The expansion of the British Empire in Africa; the Suez Canal and Egypt
• Imperial and colonial policy; India’s administration and defence;
international relations, colonial policy and the scramble for Africa;
informal empire
• Trade and commerce; the chartered companies
• The role and influence on attitudes to empire of explorers, missionaries,
traders, colonial administrators
• Attitudes towards imperialism in Britain; the development of party
political conflicts
• Relations with indigenous peoples; the Indian Mutiny and its impact;
relations with Boers and Bantu peoples in southern Africa
Imperial consolidation and Liberal rule, c1890–1914
• The consolidation and expansion of the British Empire in Africa
• Imperial and colonial policy; the administration of India and Egypt; ‘native
policy’; international relations and colonial policy
• Trade and commerce
• The role and influence on attitudes to empire of: Joseph Chamberlain;
Cecil Rhodes; colonial administration
• Imperialism: supporters and critics; National Efficiency; the British Empire
and popular culture; representations of empire
• Relations with indigenous peoples; challenges to British rule; the Sudan;
the causes and consequences of the Boer War
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