Edexcel GCSE History
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The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad
Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
The birth of the state of Israel, 1945-63
The escalating conflict, 1964-73
Attempts at a solution, 1974-95
Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1060-66
William I in power: securing the kingdom, 1066-87
Norman England, 1066-88
British settlement in North America, 1713–41
A disrupted society, 1742–64
The loss of an empire, 1765–83
War Of Independence, 1775–83
c1000-c1500: Medieval England
c1500-c1700: Early modern England
c1700-c1900: 18th and 19th century Britain
c1900-present: Modern Britain
Whitechapel, c1870-c1900: crime, policing and the inner city
Queen, government and religion, 1558-69
Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569-88
Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558-88
Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509-29
Henry VIII and Cromwell, 1529-40
The Reformation and its impact, 1529-40
Life and government in England, 1189-1216
Involvements overseas, 1189-1204
King John's downfall, 1205-16
Establishing communist rule, 1945–59
Economic policy, 1949–65
The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76
Life in Mao's China, 1949–76
c1250-c1500: The Middle Ages
c1500-c1700: The Renaissance
c1700-c1900: 18th and 19th Century
The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18
c800-c1500: Migration in medieval England
c1500-c1700: Migration in early modern England
c1700-c1900: Migration in 8th- and 9th-century Britain
c1900-present: Migration in modern Britain
Notting Hill, c1948-c1970
The revolutions of 1917
The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24
Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924–41
Economic and social changes, 1924–41
Spain Reaches the Americas, c1490-1512
The Conquistadors, c1513-c1528
The Spanish Empire, c1528-c1555
The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58
Cold War crises, 1958-70
The end of the Cold War, 1970-91
The early settlement of the West, c1835-c1862
Development of the Plains, c1862-c1876
Later developments in the West, c1876-c1895
Civil rights, 1954-60
Protest and progress, 1960-75
War in Vietnam, 1954-75
Reactions to Vietnam, 1964-75
Reasons for US failure in Vietnam
c1250–c1500: Medieval warfare and English society
c1500–c1700: Warfare and English society in the early modern period
c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the 18th and 19th centuries
c1900–present: Warfare and British society in the modern era
London and the Second World War, 1939–45, The historic environment
The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Hitler's rise to power, 1919-33
Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-39
Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39
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