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Edexcel GCSE History 1HI0
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88British depth
Topic overviewAnglo-Saxon government, economy and societyThe last years of Edward the Confessor and the succession crisisThe rival claimants for the throneThe Norman invasion, 1060–66Establishing control, 1066–87Anglo-Saxon resistance, 1068–71The legacy of resistance to 1087Revolt of the Earls, 1075The feudal system and the ChurchNorman government, 1066–88The Norman aristocracy, 1066–88William I and the succession
British America, 1713–83: Empire and RevolutionPeriod study
Topic overviewDevelopments in colonial societySlavery in North AmericaProblems within the coloniesThe impact of cultural developmentsWar in the coloniesThe aftermath of the French and Indian warAmerican colonist relations with Britain: growing opposition, 1765-75The War of Independence 1775-83Consequences of the war in America
Conflict in the Middle East, 1945–95Period study
Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000–presentPaper 1 option
Topic overviewFactors driving change in crime and punishment, c1000–presentNature and changing definitions of criminal activity, c1000–c1500The nature of law enforcement and punishment, c1000–c1500Case study: the Church, sanctuary and trial by ordealNature and changing definitions of criminal activity, c1500–c1700The nature of law enforcement and punishment, c1500–c1700Case studies: the Gunpowder Plot and Matthew HopkinsNature and changing definitions of criminal activity, c1700–c1900The nature of law enforcement and punishment, c1700–c1900Case studies: Pentonville prison and Robert PeelNature and changing definitions of criminal activity, c1900–presentThe nature of law enforcement and punishment, c1900–presentCase studies: conscientious objectors and Derek Bentley
Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88British depth
Topic overviewThe situation on Elizabeth’s accessionThe ‘settlement’ of religionChallenge to the religious settlementThe problem of Mary, Queen of ScotsPlots and revolts at homeRelations with Spain, 1569–88Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585–88The Armada, 1588Education and leisure, 1558–88The ‘problem’ of the poorExploration and voyages of discoveryAttempted colonisation of Virginia
Henry VIII and His Ministers, 1509–40British depth
Topic overviewHenry VIII, Renaissance PrinceThe rise of Wolsey and his policiesWolsey’s foreign policy, 1509–29Wolsey, Catherine, the succession and annulmentCromwell’s rise to power, 1529–34The king’s marriages, 1529–40Cromwell and government, 1534–40The fall of CromwellThe break with RomeOpposition to, and impact of, Reformation, 1534–40The dissolution of the monasteriesThe Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536
London and the Second World War, 1939–45Paper 1 option
Mao’s China, 1945–76Modern depth
Topic overviewThe Civil War, 1945–49Communist rule, 1945–59Consolidating the CCP’s hold on power, 1951–52The Hundred Flowers campaign, 1956–57Early changes in agriculture, 1949–57Industry and the Five-Year Plan, 1953–57The Great Leap ForwardEconomic reform, 1962–65Reasons for the Cultural RevolutionThe Red Guards and the Red TerrorThe effects of the Cultural RevolutionThe end of the Cultural Revolution, 1968–76Communist control, 1949–76Family life and the role of womenEducation and health, 1949–76Cultural change, 1949–76
Medicine in Britain, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Topic overviewFactors driving change in medicine, c1250–presentIdeas about the cause of disease and illness, c1250–c1500Approaches to prevention and treatment, c1250–c1500Case study: the Black Death, 1348–49Ideas about the cause of disease and illness, c1500–c1700Approaches to prevention and treatment, c1500–c1700Case studies: William Harvey and the Great Plague of 1665Ideas about the cause of disease and illness, c1700–c1900Approaches to prevention and treatment, c1700–c1900Case studies: Jenner’s vaccination and the 1854 cholera outbreakIdeas about the cause of disease and illness, c1900–presentApproaches to prevention and treatment, c1900–presentCase studies: penicillin and the fight against lung cancer
Migrants in Britain, c800–presentPaper 1 option
Topic overviewFactors driving change in migration to Britain, c800–presentThe context for migration, c800–c1500The experience and impact of migrants, c800–c1500Case study: York under the VikingsThe context for migration, c1500–c1700The experience and impact of migrants, c1500–c1700Case studies: Flemish and Walloon migrants, and the HuguenotsThe context for migration, c1700–c1900The experience and impact of migrants, c1700–c1900Case studies: Liverpool, and Jewish migrants in the East EndThe context for migration, c1900–presentThe experience and impact of migrants, c1900–presentCase studies: Bristol, and Asian migrants in Leicester
Notting Hill, c1948–c1970Paper 1 option
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41Modern depth
Topic overviewThe growth of opposition to the tsar in early 1917The February RevolutionThe Provisional GovernmentThe Bolshevik RevolutionEarly consolidation of power, 1917–18The Civil War, 1918–21Moves towards totalitarianism, 1917–24Economic and social change, 1918–24The struggle for power, 1924–28The use of terror in the 1930sPropaganda and censorship, 1924–41The Cult of StalinAgriculture and collectivisation, 1924–41Changes in industry, 1924–41Life in the Soviet UnionThe position of women and ethnic minorities
Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490–c1555Period study
Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91Period study
Topic overviewEarly tension between East and WestThe development of the Cold WarThe Cold War intensifiesIncreased tension between East and WestCold War crises, 1958–70Reaction to crisis, 1958–70Attempts to reduce superpower tensions in the 1970sThe end of détente and the ‘Second Cold War’The collapse of Soviet control of Eastern Europe, 1985-91
The American West, c1835–c1895Period study
Topic overviewIndigenous peoples of the Plains: their beliefs and ways of lifeMigration and early settlementConflict and tension, c1835–c1862The development of settlement in the WestRanching and the cattle industryChanges in the ways of life of Indigenous peoples of the PlainsChanges in farming, the cattle industry and settlementConflict and tension, c1876–c1895Indigenous peoples of the Plains: the destruction of their ways of life
The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: Injuries, Treatment and the TrenchesPaper 1 option
Topic overviewThe British sector of the Western Front and the trench systemConditions requiring medical treatment on the Western FrontMedical treatment on the Western FrontExperiments in surgery and medicine on the Western FrontMedicine in the early twentieth centurySources for a Western Front enquiry
The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216British depth
Topic overviewThe feudal system, 1189–1216Kingship and succession, 1189–1216Royal government and financesEnglish society, 1189–1216The nature of crusadingRichard and the Third CrusadeAftermath of the crusadeRichard, John and the loss of NormandyThe dispute with the PapacyWorsening relations with the baronsMagna Carta and the First Barons’ WarEngland in 1216
The USA, 1954–75: Conflict at Home and AbroadModern depth
Topic overviewThe position of Black Americans in the early 1950sDevelopments in education, 1954–60The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955–60Opposition to the civil rights movementDevelopments, 1960–62Peaceful protests and their impact, 1963–65Malcolm X and Black Power, 1963–70The civil rights movement, 1965–75Reasons for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, 1954–63Escalation of the conflict under JohnsonThe nature of the conflict in Vietnam, 1964–68Changes under Nixon, 1969–73Opposition to the warSupport for the warThe peace process and end of the warReasons for the failure of the USA in Vietnam
Warfare and British Society, c1250–presentPaper 1 option
Topic overviewFactors driving change in warfare, c1250–presentThe nature of warfare, c1250–c1500The experience of war, c1250–c1500Case studies: the battles of Falkirk and AgincourtThe nature of warfare, c1500–c1700The experience of war, c1500–c1700Case study: the Battle of Naseby, 1645The nature of warfare, c1700–c1900The experience of war, c1700–c1900Case studies: the battles of Waterloo and BalaclavaThe nature of warfare, c1900–presentThe experience of war, c1900–presentCase studies: the Somme and the Iraq War
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39Modern depth
Topic overviewThe origins of the Republic, 1918–19The early challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919–23The ‘Golden Years’: recovery of the Republic, 1924–29Changes in society, 1924–29Early development of the Nazi Party, 1920–22The Munich Putsch and the Nazi Party, 1923–28The growth in support for the Nazis, 1929–32How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932–33The creation of a dictatorship, 1933–34The police state, 1933–39Controlling and influencing attitudesOpposition, resistance and conformityNazi policies towards womenNazi policies towards the youngEmployment and living standardsThe persecution of minorities
Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: Crime, Policing and the Inner CityPaper 1 option
Migrants in Britain, c800–present
- 13 subtopics
- 39 things to know
- Paper 1
- Paper 1, one thematic study with its linked historic environment, of four pairs
What Migrants in Britain, c800–present covers
Migrants in Britain, c800–present is examined in Paper 1, Thematic study and historic environment. It covers factors driving change in migration to Britain, c800–present, the context for migration, c800–c1500, the experience and impact of migrants, c800–c1500, case study: York under the Vikings, the context for migration, c1500–c1700, the experience and impact of migrants, c1500–c1700, case studies: Flemish and Walloon migrants, and the Huguenots, the context for migration, c1700–c1900, the experience and impact of migrants, c1700–c1900, case studies: Liverpool, and Jewish migrants in the East End, the context for migration, c1900–present, the experience and impact of migrants, c1900–present and case studies: Bristol, and Asian migrants in Leicester.
Where it is assessed
Paper 1
Thematic study and historic environment, 30% of the GCSE, one option of four.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 13 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Factors driving change in migration to Britain, c800–presentPush and pull factors, voluntary and forced migration, temporary and internal migrants, what newcomers sought, the four factors of institutions, religion, the economy and attitudes, how government attracted or restricted migrants, the Church's role, turning points and continuity, factors combining, comparing communities across centuries and where migrants settled.Open →
- The context for migration, c800–c1500Vikings turning from raiding to settling, Normans and their followers, Jewish families invited by William I, foreign merchants and the Hanseatic League, Flemish weavers, land after 1066, towns, wool, moneylending and Christendom.Open →
- The experience and impact of migrants, c800–c1500The legal status of aliens and denization, the alien subsidy, the crown and its Jewish community, the expulsion of 1290 and the attack at York in 1190, the Black Death and hostility to foreign workers, the Danelaw, Viking place names and words, Norman building, foreign merchants and French culture.Open →
- Case study: York under the VikingsJorvik, its capture in 866, its growth as a trading capital, the rivers Ouse and Foss, goods and crafts, the Coppergate finds, its size, conversion to Christianity and the end of Viking rule in 954.Open →
- The context for migration, c1500–c1700Flemish, Walloon and Huguenot refugees, stranger congregations, religion as a reason for coming after the Reformation, where Europeans settled, Africans in Tudor England and the slave trade, the return of Jewish people in the 1650s, the middling sort, the cloth industry and New Draperies, the great trading companies, privateering and Protestant England as a refuge.Open →
- The experience and impact of migrants, c1500–c1700Stranger churches, why Protestant refugees were welcomed, craftsmen's resentment, Evil May Day, town restrictions, the orders of 1596 and 1601, the New Draperies and other industries, Fen drainage, Vermuyden, trade and culture.Open →
- Case studies: Flemish and Walloon migrants, and the HuguenotsSandwich's invitation of 1561, the households allowed, weaving and market gardening, the move to Canterbury and its crypt, tensions with neighbours, then the Huguenots after 1685, Spitalfields, denization and relief, and their contributions.Open →
- The context for migration, c1700–c1900Irish famine migration and Irish work and settlement, Germans, Italians and Russian Jews, lascars and other arrivals from the empire, industrial demand, crowded cities, class change, slavery and its abolition, civil liberties and political exiles.Open →
- The experience and impact of migrants, c1700–c1900Irish housing and prejudice, the Stockport riots, the poor law, Punch and the press for and against migrants, Irish, German and Jewish contributions to industry, political causes, Olaudah Equiano, churches and synagogues, and new foods.Open →
- Case studies: Liverpool, and Jewish migrants in the East EndWhy Liverpool was the port of arrival, the courts and cellars, the typhus of 1847, Welsh, Scottish and Chinese communities, religion and politics, then Jewish settlement in the East End, sweatshops, community institutions and hostility.Open →
- The context for migration, c1900–presentBelgian refugees, the Kindertransport, Poles after 1945 and the Resettlement Act of 1947, Irish, Caribbean and South Asian migration, the Empire Windrush, Ugandan Asians, asylum seekers and later refugees, wartime treatment of foreigners, the Aliens Act of 1905, the Nationality Acts of 1948 and 1981 and the controls between them, decolonisation, the Commonwealth and the European Union.Open →
- The experience and impact of migrants, c1900–presentThe British Brothers' League, internment, Mosley and Cable Street, the colour bar, the Race Relations Acts, Powell and the National Front, anti-racist movements, the Lawrence inquiry, and migrants' effect on services, culture, cities and politics.Open →
- Case studies: Bristol, and Asian migrants in LeicesterWhy migrants came to Bristol and St Pauls, the Bristol Bus Boycott and its outcome, the riot of 1980, then Asian migration to Leicester, the arrivals of 1972, the council's advertisement and the Golden Mile.Open →
What you need to know
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Which foreign merchants and craft workers came to medieval England, and what did they bring?
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What marks did Viking and Norman migrants leave on England's law, language and trade?
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How did the Black Death of 1348–49 change the position of migrants?
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What is the difference between voluntary and forced migration?
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What did York become under Viking rule?
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Which Protestant refugees came to England from the Low Countries?
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What did a stranger church allow a migrant community to do?
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Why did Sandwich invite Flemish and Walloon families in 1561?
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Why did Irish migration to Britain rise so sharply in the 1840s?
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What kind of housing did most Irish migrants find in British cities?
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How many Irish people landed at Liverpool during the famine years?
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Which refugees came to Britain in large numbers during the First World War?
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Who was interned in Britain in 1940?
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Where did Caribbean migrants settle in Bristol?
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What is an example of forced migration connected with Britain?
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Why was York so well placed for trade?
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Why did the revolt against Spanish rule in the Low Countries send people to England?
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What happened on Evil May Day in 1517?
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How many households was Sandwich first allowed to take in?
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Which Europeans came to Britain during the nineteenth century?
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What were the Stockport riots of 1852?
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What health crisis followed the famine arrivals in Liverpool?
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Who were the Kindertransport children?
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Which fascist movement targeted Jewish communities in the 1930s?
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What difficulties did Caribbean migrants meet in Bristol?
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What is an internal migrant?
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What drew Vikings to settle in England rather than only raid it?
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What did the legal status of ‘alien’ mean in medieval England?
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What goods passed through Viking York?
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What word did English towns use for the licensed refugee congregations?
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What orders did Elizabeth I’s government issue in 1596 and 1601 about Africans in England?
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Why did some of the Sandwich community move to Canterbury in 1575?
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Why did Jewish people leave the Russian Empire from the 1880s?
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How did newspapers and magazines shape attitudes towards migrants?
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Which other communities grew in Liverpool in the nineteenth century?
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Which European migrants stayed in Britain after the Second World War?
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What was the Battle of Cable Street?
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What was the Bristol Bus Boycott?
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Voluntary migration vs Forced migration
Voluntary migration: moving by choice, usually for work or a better life. Forced migration: moving under compulsion from war, persecution or enslavement.
Denization vs Naturalisation
Denization: the rights of a subject bought through letters from the king. Naturalisation: the rights of a subject granted by an act of parliament.
Alien subsidy vs Aliens Act
Alien subsidy: the 1440 tax that registered and charged foreign-born residents. Aliens Act: the 1905 law letting inspectors turn back poor or undesirable arrivals.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is meant by a ‘pull’ factor in the history of migration?
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Something about the destination that attracts newcomers, such as work, higher wages, religious freedom or safety.
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What is meant by a ‘push’ factor?
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Something in a migrant’s home country that drives them to leave, such as famine, war, poverty or persecution.
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What is the difference between voluntary and forced migration?
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Voluntary migrants choose to move, usually for work or a better life, while forced migrants are compelled to move by war, persecution or enslavement.
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What is an example of forced migration connected with Britain?
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Africans transported across the Atlantic and sold into slavery, some of whom were then brought into Britain as unfree servants.
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What is a temporary migrant?
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Someone who comes to live or work for a limited time and intends to return home, such as a foreign merchant or a seasonal harvest worker.
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What is an internal migrant?
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Someone who moves from one part of a country to another, such as a villager moving into a growing industrial town.
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Migrants in Britain, c800–present revision questions
- What does Migrants in Britain, c800–present cover in Edexcel GCSE History?
- 13 subtopics: factors driving change in migration to britain, c800–present, the context for migration, c800–c1500, the experience and impact of migrants, c800–c1500, case study: york under the vikings, the context for migration, c1500–c1700, the experience and impact of migrants, c1500–c1700, case studies: flemish and walloon migrants, and the huguenots, the context for migration, c1700–c1900, the experience and impact of migrants, c1700–c1900, case studies: liverpool, and jewish migrants in the east end, the context for migration, c1900–present, the experience and impact of migrants, c1900–present and case studies: bristol, and asian migrants in leicester. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Migrants in Britain, c800–present organised?
- By the Edexcel 1HI0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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