HISTORY

Syllabus I

ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN HISTORY

(Marks: Each question, 20; Style and Presentation, 11.)

TWO AND A HALF HOURS

Candidates are advised to pay attention to legibility, clarity and conciseness of expression, the correct use of punctuation and the avoidance of abbreviations and slang expressions.

Answer FIVE questions.

The questions may be chosen from any part of the paper except that not more than one of the map questions (indicated by an asterisk) may be attempted.

1485-1660

ENGLISH HISTORY

*1. Examine the map of England during the Civil Wars; then in your answer-book

(a) (i) name Port A, (ii) state why Port A was important, (iii) name Town B, (iv) name the Parliamentary leader who raised the siege of Town B, (v) name Town C, (vi) state why Town C was important, (vii) name Battle D, (viii) state one result of Battle D, (ix) name Battle E, (x) name the general who was victorious at Battle E.

(b) Explain why Parliament won the first Civil War.

2. By what means did Henry VII secure his position on the throne?

3. Describe Wolsey's policy at home and abroad.

4. Explain why Mary Tudor was (a) popular when she came to the throne but (b) unpopular at the end of her reign.

5. Explain why there was economic distress in England in the middle of the sixteenth century. How did Elizabeth I's government deal with it?

6. Describe the relations between England and Spain in the reign of Elizabeth I up to the defeat of the Armada.

7. What were the chief matters in dispute between James I and his Parliaments?

8. Describe the work of the Long Parliament until the outbreak of the Civil War.

9. What were the achievements of Oliver Cromwell as a soldier?

10. Give a brief account of any four of the following: (a) the Battle of Flodden; (b) the navy of Henry VIII; (c) Lady Jane Grey; (d) the Act of Supremacy, 1559; (e) the Hampton Court Conference; (f) Strafford's work in Ireland; (g) the Navigation Act, 1651; (h) the

Instrument of Government.

1660-1783

11. Select any five of the following. Describe their geographical position and explain briefly their importance in this period. (a) Fort Duquesne, (b) Louisburg, (c) Quebec, (d) Montreal, (e) Minorca, (f) Arcot, (g) Plassey, (h) Bombay, (j) Madras, (k) Martinique.

12. Give an account of the careers and achievements of two of the following: (a) Clarendon; (b) Danby; (c) Shaftesbury.

13. Describe the events of James II's reign which led to the Revolution of 1688.

14. What difficulties did William III have to overcome before he was securely established on the throne?

15. Explain why England became involved in the War of Spanish Succession and state what she gained as a result of this war.

16. Explain why Walpole was successful during his period of office between 1721 and 1742.

17. Describe John Wesley's work and explain its importance.

18. What were the main causes and results of the enclosure of open fields in the eighteenth century?

19. On what issues did the British government and the American colonists differ during the period 1763 to 1775?

20. Write short accounts of any four of the following: (a) the Great Fire of London; (b) John Bunyan; (c) the Darien scheme; (d) Daniel Defoe; (e) Thomas Newcomen; (f) James Watt; (g) John Wilkinson; (h) the charges against Warren Hastings at his trial.

1783-1867

*21. Examine the map of Britain and the inset illustrating transport developments in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; then in your answer-book

(a) name (i) Canal A, (ii) Canal B, (iii) Canal C, (iv) Canal D, (v) Road E, (vi) Railway F, (vii) Railway G, (viii) Bridge H, (ix) Bridge J, (x) Railway Junction K.

(b) Write a short account of the achievements of Telford and Macadam.

22. Describe briefly the Younger Pitt's domestic policy (a) before 1793, (b) after 1793.

23. What part did the British army play in securing the defeat of Napoleon?

24. Write a short account of the reforms introduced by Huskisson and Peel between 1822 and 1830.

25. Examine the achievements in India of two of the following: (a) Wellesley, (b) Bentinck, (c) Dalhousie.

26. Write a short account of the domestic achievements of Peel's ministry of 1841-46.

27. Discuss the foreign policy of Palmerston as Foreign Secretary.

28. Write a short account of the part played by Britain in the Crimean War. Is it fair to say that the results of the war were "trifling and temporary "?

29. Trace the development of Canada from 1783 to the establishment of the Dominion in 1867.

30. State the main facts concerning any four of the following: (a) William Wilberforce; (b) Edwin Chadwick; (c) Feargus O'Connor; (d) the Prince Consort; (e)" Clemency Canning"; (f) Charles Darwin; (g) Robert Lowe; (h) Lord Macaulay.

1867-1939

*31. Examine the map of North East Africa (page 29); then in your answer-book

(a) name (i) Island A, (ii) Naval Base B, (iii) Town C, (iv) Port D, (v) Waterway E, (vi) Territory F, (vii) Territory G, (viii) Territory H, (ix) Town J, (x) Battle K.

(b) Write a short account of Cromer's work in Egypt.

32. By what means and with what success did Gladstone try to pacify Ireland?

33. Describe the reforms of Gladstone and Disraeli between 1867 and 1885 under two of the following headings: (a) education, (b) trade unions, (c) parliamentary reform.