Unit Y109The Making of Georgian Britain – the glorious revolution

Note: Based on 3x 50 minute lessons per week

Terms based on 6 term year.

Key Topic / Term / Week Number / Indicative Content / Extended Content / Resources
The last years of Charles II 1678–1685 / 1 / 1 / England in 1678, Shaftesbury and opposition, the succession issue and the Exclusion Crisis, dissolution of the Oxford Parliament; /
  • Political situation
  • Religious situation
  • Popish plot and its impact
  • Development of Exclusion crisis
  • Reasons for the defeat of the Exclusion crisis
  • Dissolution of Oxford Parliament
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 2 / extent of Charles’ power 1681–1685, financial weakness, bureaucracy, gentry and local government, the judiciary, control over boroughs, quo warrantoproceedings; /
  • Charles’ power
  • Rule without parliament
  • Increase in royal power
  • Manipulation of the judiciary and use of the courts
  • Removal of opponents from boroughs
  • Quo warranto
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 2 / the Rye House Plot; /
  • Aims and outcomes of the plot
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

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Key Topic / Term / Week Number / Indicative Content / Extended Content / Resources
1 / 3 / Tory power and Whig weakness 1681–1685; /
  • Factors contributing to Tory power and reasons for Whig weakness
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 3 / the Anglican Church in 1685. /
  • Alliance with the Tories and their position by 1685
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

James II 1685–1688 / 1 / 4 / James’ aims; /
  • Differing views on his aims:
  • Traditional view on religious aims
  • Intention to rule without parliament
  • Destruction of liberties
  • Revisionist views
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 4 / James’ accession and first year, the 1685 elections, reassurances to Protestants; /
  • Establishment as King
  • Results and impact of the 1685 election
  • Protestant reassurance
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 4 / Argyll and Monmouth Rebellions, the Bloody Assizes; /
  • Argyll rebellion and impact
  • Monmouth rebellion and impact (Bloody Assizes)
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 5 / James’ attempts to win non-conformist support, James’ use of dispensing power, attempts to pack parliament, remodelling of corporations; /
  • Extent of support for James
  • Attempts to win non-conformist support – why he wanted it and how successful his policies were towards dissenters
  • Attempts to pack parliament and the remodelling of corporations
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 5 / James and the Catholics, Declarations of Indulgence; /
  • James’ aims for Catholics
  • Difficulties facing James
  • Policies towards Catholics
  • Policies in Ireland and Scotland
  • Extent of the successes of these policies
  • Impact of Declarations of Indulgence
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 6 / Seven Bishops Trial; /
  • Second declaration of indulgence
  • Anglican opposition
  • Trial of the Seven Bishops
  • Impact of the Trial
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

1 / 6 / birth of an heir. /
  • Consequences of the birth
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder

The Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689 / 1 / 7 / The crisis of 1688, invitation to William; William’s decision to invade; /
  • Development of the crisis
  • Invitation to William
  • Why he decided to invade
  • Invitation
  • Religion
  • Situation in Europe
  • Personal desire
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder
  • The Glorious Revolution (Seminar Studies In History), Miller, Routledge

1 / 7 / James’ actions; /
  • James’ continuation with policies, refusal to accept reports of invasion.
  • James’ belief that God was on his side
  • Change in actions, confirmation of Act of Uniformity
  • Attempts (and failure) to win support
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder
  • The Glorious Revolution (Seminar Studies In History), Miller, Routledge

2 / 8 / defeat and departure of James; /
  • Arrival of William
  • Lack of opposition to William
  • Defection of key leaders to William
  • Terms offered by William
  • Desertion of James and reasons for his flight.
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder
  • The Glorious Revolution (Seminar Studies In History), Miller, Routledge

2 / 8 / the Convention Parliament; /
  • Problems created by James’ departure in the search for a constitutional settlement.
  • The Convention Parliament and their debate on the future of the crown
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder
  • The Glorious Revolution (Seminar Studies In History), Miller, Routledge

2 / 9 / the offering of the crown to William and Mary. /
  • Reasons for the offering of the crown
  • William and Mary’s actions
  • The Declaration of Rights
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • Charles II and James II, Fellows, Hodder
  • The Glorious Revolution (Seminar Studies In History), Miller, Routledge

Unit Y109The Making of Georgian Britain 1689-1760

Note: Based on 3x 50 minute lessons per week

Terms based on 6 term year.

Key Topic / Term / Week Number / Indicative Content / Extended Content / Resources
The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714 / 2 / 10 / The political and religious settlement 1689–1701 under William and Mary, including the Bill of Rights, Toleration, Triennial, Licensing, Mutiny Acts and Act of Settlement; /
  • The settlement in England
  • The relationship between parliament and the monarch
  • Development of the Bill of Rights
  • Problems faced in Scotland
  • Religious divisions in Scotland
  • gaining power in Scotland
  • The Edinburgh Convention
  • Jacobite rebellion in Scotland and Ireland by 1691
  • How William won in Ireland
  • Consolidation of the settlement in England 1960-1701
  • Impact of the Triennial Act
  • Lapsing of the Licensing Act of 1662
  • Impact of War
  • Conduct of politics in the 1690s
  • The Act of Settlement, June 1701
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

2 / 11 / Queen Anne, personality and internal policies, Whigs and Tories; /
  • Personality of Queen Anne
  • Politics and religion under Anne
  • Occasional Conformity
  • Sacheverell affair
  • War of Spanish Succession
  • Consequences of Anne’s death
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

2 / 12 / the Marlborough-Godolphin ministry, the Harley ministry, different views of war; /
  • Challenges the ministry faced:
  • Financing and winning the war
  • Maintaining support for the war
  • Retaining the Queen’s confidence
  • Extent of successes for Marlborough-Godolphin
  • Achievements of the Harley ministry
  • Challenge of Bolingbroke
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

2 / 13 / the Scottish settlement; the Union with Scotland 1707. /
  • Anglo-Scottish relations before 1707
  • The Darien scheme
  • Factors supporting union
  • Crisis of 1703
  • The terms of the treaty
  • Results of the union
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

Aspects of Politics 1714–1780 / 2 / 14 / Tory eclipse and defeats; /
  • Tory defeats in the period
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 14-15 / Jacobitism, the ’15 and the ’45; /
  • Aims of the Jacobites
  • Reasons for the failure of the ’15 rising
  • Lack of co-ordination
  • Poor leadership
  • Lack of foreign support
  • Responses of the government
  • Threat of the Jacobites in 1745
  • Reasons for the failure in ‘45
  • Responses in England and Scotland
  • Lack of help from France
  • Division amongst leadership
  • Role of the leadership on both sides
  • Disparity in strength between both sides
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 16 / Walpole 1721–1745, the South Sea Bubble and financial policies;
religious policies and the Indemnity acts, Excise Bill 1733;
War and Parliamentary defeats 1741–1742; /
  • Disarray and weakness of the Tories
  • Walpole’s service to the Whigs
  • Political and financial skill of Walpole
  • The nature of the South Sea Bubble
  • The collapse of the Bubble
  • Walpole’s response
  • Religious policies
  • Impact of the Indemnity Acts
  • 1723 Black Act
  • Taxation policy
  • Excise Bill
  • Policies to promote Commerce
  • Walpole’s role in keeping Britain at peace
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 17 / parliamentary management and patronage;
relations with George I and II and Queen Caroline; /
  • Walpole’s management of the court
  • Walpole’s management of parliament
  • Maintaining a court party in parliament and use of Patronage
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 18 / calls for reform in the reign of George III: the growth of radicalism, Wilkes; /
  • Growth of radicalism and its significance
  • Role of Wilkes
  • Significance of Wilkes and his actions
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 18 / Wyvill and the County Associations. /
  • Demand for parliamentary reform in the 1780s
  • Role of Christopher Wyvill and the associations.
  • Impact of them
  • Failure of the reform movement
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

Social and economic developments c.1700–1780 / 3 / 19 / The evangelical revival; /
  • Why did an evangelical revival occur?
  • Anti-Catholicism in Britain
  • Role of the Anglican church
  • Evangelical view on society and beliefs
  • Impact of evangelism
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

3 / 19 / the emergence and growth of Methodism, Wesley and the reasons for his appeal; /
  • Features of Methodism
  • Appeal of Methodism
  • Opposition, competition and survival of Methodism
  • Wesley and his appeal
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 20 / the growth of trade and early industrial developments; /
  • Expansion of trade and the nature of it
  • Reasons for its expansion
  • Development of industry
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 20 / finance; financial settlement (Bank of England 1694), National Debt and commercial growth; /
  • Creation of the bank of England
  • Development of London as financial centre
  • The start of the national debt
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 21 / population growth,
urban development and problems, including crime; /
  • Nature and significance of the growth of the population
  • Areas of growth in population particularly in urban areas
  • Problems created or enhanced by urban growth
  • Increase in crime
  • Attempts to combat crime
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 21 / urban unrest, including the Porteous Riots and the Gordon Riots. /
  • Factors behind increasing urban unrest
  • Religious riots
  • Political riots
  • Economic riots
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

Foreign policy 1689–1763 / 4 / 22 / William III’s foreign policy, the Nine Years War 1689–1697 and the Peace of Ryswick; /
  • William III aims in the Nine Years War
  • Success of William in the Nine Years War including the Treaty of Ryswick
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 23 / Grand Alliance and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–1714 (and the Treaty of Utrecht 1713); /
  • Nature of the war of Spanish succession
  • Why Britain made peace in 1713
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 23 / Hanover and the foreign policies of George I and II; /
  • How far the interests of Hanover shaped British foreign policy
  • Relations with Sweden, France, Austria and Spain
/
  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 24-25 / Walpole’s policies 1721–1745 (peace, commerce, treaties, relations with France, Austria and Spain – War of Jenkins’ Ear with Spain 1739 and war with France 1744); /
  • Walpole’s objectives in foreign policy
  • Relations with France
  • Treaty of Vienna, 1731
  • War of Polish Succession
  • War of Jenkins’ Ear
  • War of Austrian Succession
  • Significance of Anglo-Prussian non-aggression pact
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

4 / 25 / Pitt the Elder and the Seven Years War. /
  • Origins of the conflict
  • Pitt’s role and strategy
  • Role of other leaders (Newcastle, Clive, Wolfe, Boscawen, Hawke, Anson)
  • Start of the war and initial successes in 1758-9
  • Treaty of Paris 1763
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  • Britain 1603-1760, Fellows & Dicken, Hodder
  • Eighteenth-Century Britain, 1688-1783, Black, Palgrave Macmillan
  • The Making of Georgian Britain, Langley, Heinemann

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