Edexcel A-Level History 9HI0
The Crusades, c1095–1204Paper 1
England, 1509–1603: Authority, Nation and ReligionPaper 1
Britain, 1625–1701: Conflict, Revolution and SettlementPaper 1
Britain, c1785–c1870: Democracy, Protest and ReformPaper 1
Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to YeltsinPaper 1
In Search of the American Dream: The USA, c1917–96Paper 1
Germany and West Germany, 1918–89Paper 1
Britain Transformed, 1918–97Paper 1
Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106Paper 2
England and the Angevin Empire in the Reign of Henry II, 1154–89Paper 2
Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55Paper 2
The Dutch Revolt, c1563–1609Paper 2
France in Revolution, 1774–99Paper 2
Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924Paper 2
The Unification of Italy, c1830–70Paper 2
The Unification of Germany, c1840–71Paper 2
Mao’s China, 1949–76Paper 2
The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90Paper 2
India, c1914–48: The Road to IndependencePaper 2
South Africa, 1948–94: From Apartheid State to ‘Rainbow Nation’Paper 2
The Rise and Fall of Fascism in Italy, c1911–46Paper 2
Spain, 1930–78: Republicanism, Francoism and the Re-Establishment of DemocracyPaper 2
The USA, c1920–55: Boom, Bust and RecoveryPaper 2
The USA, 1955–92: Conformity and ChallengePaper 2
Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509Paper 3
Rebellion and Disorder Under the Tudors, 1485–1603Paper 3
The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598Paper 3
The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750Paper 3
Industrialisation and Social Change in Britain, 1759–1928: Forging a New SocietyPaper 3
Poverty, Public Health and the State in Britain, c1780–1939Paper 3
Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire, 1763–1914Paper 3
The British Experience of Warfare, c1790–1918Paper 3
Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928Paper 3
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923Paper 3
The Changing Nature of Warfare, 1859–1991: Perception and RealityPaper 3
Germany, 1871–1990: United, Divided and ReunitedPaper 3
The Making of Modern Russia, 1855–1991Paper 3
The Making of Modern China, 1860–1997Paper 3
Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1850–2009Paper 3
Mass Media and Social Change in Britain, 1882–2004Paper 3
Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923
- 19 subtopics
- 57 things to know
- Paper 3
- Paper 3 themes option, chosen from sixteen
What Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 covers
A Paper 3 option combining aspects in breadth on Irish agitation and changing British policy with aspects in depth on Catholic emancipation, the industrialisation of Ulster, the Famine and the land question, and the labour conflict that culminated in the Dublin Lockout.
Where it is assessed
Paper 3
Themes in breadth with aspects in depth, one option of sixteen.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 19 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Agitation and rebellion, c1774–c1870Recall questions on the Irish Volunteers and the United Irishmen, the 1798 Rebellion and why it failed, Emmet's rising, the Repeal Association, Young Ireland, and the Fenians.Open →
- The campaign for Home Rule, c1870–1910Recall questions on Isaac Butt and the Home Rule League, Parnell's methods and the new departure, his fall, Redmond, and the Ulster Covenant.Open →
- Evolving government policies c1774–1922Recall questions on the Act of Union, disestablishment, Gladstone's mission to pacify Ireland, why the Home Rule bills failed, and the Government of Ireland Act 1920.Open →
- British politicians and Irish agitationRecall questions on Pitt's resignation over emancipation, Gladstone's change of approach, the Liberal split of 1886, Asquith's postponements, and Lloyd George's methods.Open →
- The Penal Laws and the Catholic Relief ActsRecall questions on what the Penal Laws prohibited, their effect on landholding, how far they were enforced, why they were relaxed, and the Acts of 1778 and 1793.Open →
- Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipationRecall questions on why the Catholic Board failed, what made the Catholic Association different, the County Clare election, why the government conceded, and what 1829 took away.Open →
- Removing restrictions on Irish trade, 1778–82, and its legacyRecall questions on the restrictions in place, how the American war created the opportunity, the Volunteers' demands, Poynings' Law, and the limits of Grattan's Parliament.Open →
- The textile industry in UlsterRecall questions on why linen dominated, the decline of woollen and cotton, mechanisation and the power loom, the cotton famine boom, and the growth of Belfast.Open →
- The development of shipbuildingRecall questions on the Queen's Island yard, Harland and Wolff, the technical innovations, Workman Clark, and why the industry succeeded without local coal or iron.Open →
- Hickson, Mulholland and the industrialisation of UlsterRecall questions on Robert Hickson, Andrew Mulholland's wet spinning mill, mill working conditions, the 1848 cholera epidemic, and sectarian employment patterns.Open →
- Landlords, monoculture and blightRecall questions on the structure of landholding, the cottiers and conacre, absentee landlords and middlemen, dependence on the potato, and the arrival of blight.Open →
- Government response to the FamineRecall questions on Peel's maize and Russell's public works, the Gregory Clause, the soup kitchens, the Poor Law Extension Act, Trevelyan and Mitchel, and the export controversy.Open →
- Social and economic impacts of depopulationRecall questions on the death and emigration figures, the coffin ships, the consolidation of holdings, the change in marriage customs, and the political legacy.Open →
- The Dublin Land Conference and the Land Act 1870Recall questions on tenant right and Ulster custom, the Tenant Right League, the 1870 Conference, what the Act provided, and why it proved ineffective.Open →
- The long depression and Irish agricultureRecall questions on falling prices and bad harvests, unpayable rents and evictions, rent strikes, the Land War, and the shift from tillage to livestock.Open →
- Davitt, Forster and Parnell in the Land WarsRecall questions on Michael Davitt and the Land League, boycotting, Forster's coercion, the Land Act of 1881 and the three Fs, and the Kilmainham Treaty.Open →
- Working and living conditions for unskilled urban workersRecall questions on the Dublin tenements and mortality rates, the National Union of Dock Labourers, Larkin and Connolly, the ITGWU, and the Irish Citizen Army.Open →
- Events and significance of the Dublin general strike 1913–14Recall questions on what caused the Lockout, its scale, Bloody Sunday 1913, William Martin Murphy, the kiddies scheme, and how it ended.Open →
- British trade unions and the Dublin strikeRecall questions on the aid sent by the TUC, why the sympathetic strike was refused, the fiery cross campaign, and the effect on relations between Irish and British labour.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What were the limits of Grattan's Parliament?
Why did industrialisation happen in the north east and not the south?
How did the Famine change Irish social customs?
What happened to Home Rule bills before 1914?
Why did Pitt the Younger resign in 1801?
How did the period end in war and partition, 1919–23?
Which industry dominated Ulster's economy?
What caused the Irish Famine?
What were the roles of Trevelyan and Mitchel?
What did the Land Act 1870 do?
What was the Kilmainham Treaty of 1882?
What role did British trade unions play in the Lockout?
Who were the Irish Volunteers of the late 1770s?
What was Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association?
What were Edward Carson and the UVF?
What was the Curragh incident of 1914?
What was the Maynooth Grant of 1845?
What were the Penal Laws?
What was the Catholic Board of 1811?
What was the Catholic Association of 1823?
What was the significance of the campaign on Irish trade, 1778–82?
How did Belfast shipbuilding begin?
What was Harland and Wolff?
What was the Belfast cholera epidemic of 1848?
What employment discrepancies existed between Catholics and Protestants?
What was the structure of Irish landholding before the Famine?
What was the problem with absentee landlords?
What was the demographic impact of the Famine?
What was the Tenant Right League?
How did the 'long depression' affect Irish agriculture?
What was the Irishtown meeting of 1879?
What were the roles of Michael Davitt and the Land League?
What were working and living conditions like for unskilled Dublin workers?
What was the significance of the National Union of Dock Labourers in 1907?
What caused the Dublin Lockout?
How many workers were involved?
What did Larkin ask British unions to do?
What was the Tithe War?
What was the new departure?
Why was the Act of Union passed?
What were the roles of Asquith and Lloyd George?
What did the Catholic Relief Acts of 1774–93 achieve?
What did the relief measure of 1829 allow?
What restrictions had been placed on Irish trade?
How did mechanisation and railways affect the linen industry?
What technical innovations did Harland introduce?
What was Robert Hickson's role?
How large was the population dependent on the potato?
What was Russell's response to the Famine?
What were the coffin ships?
What was the Dublin Land Conference of 1870?
How did bad harvests compound the problem?
What were the '3 Fs'?
What was William Martin Murphy's role?
What happened on Bloody Sunday 1913?
What was the fiery cross campaign?
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Who were the Irish Volunteers of the late 1770s?
Model answer
An armed, mainly Protestant militia formed from about 1778 that pressured Britain to grant greater independence to the Irish (Dublin) parliament.
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Who were the United Irishmen?
Model answer
A society founded in 1791 (Wolfe Tone prominent) seeking parliamentary reform and Catholic–Protestant unity; it became revolutionary and republican and led the 1798 rebellion.
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What was Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association?
Model answer
Founded in 1840, it campaigned to repeal the Act of Union and restore an Irish parliament using peaceful 'monster meetings'; the banned Clontarf meeting of 1843 checked the movement.
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What was the Tithe War?
Model answer
Widespread resistance in the 1830s to paying tithes to the Protestant Church of Ireland, eased by the Tithe Commutation Act 1838.
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What was Young Ireland?
Model answer
A romantic-nationalist movement of the 1840s (Thomas Davis and The Nation) that split from O'Connell and staged a failed rising in 1848.
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What was the Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenians)?
Model answer
A secret revolutionary society founded in 1858 seeking an independent republic by force; its 1867 rising failed and the executed 'Manchester Martyrs' became nationalist icons.
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- What does Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 cover in Edexcel A-Level History?
- 19 subtopics: agitation and rebellion, c1774–c1870, the campaign for home rule, c1870–1910, evolving government policies c1774–1922, british politicians and irish agitation, the penal laws and the catholic relief acts, daniel o'connell and catholic emancipation, removing restrictions on irish trade, 1778–82, and its legacy, the textile industry in ulster, the development of shipbuilding, hickson, mulholland and the industrialisation of ulster, landlords, monoculture and blight, government response to the famine, social and economic impacts of depopulation, the dublin land conference and the land act 1870, the long depression and irish agriculture, davitt, forster and parnell in the land wars, working and living conditions for unskilled urban workers, events and significance of the dublin general strike 1913–14 and british trade unions and the dublin strike. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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