Oxford AQA History for A Level notes

These notes cover Louis XVI as king and the government and social divisions of the Ancien Regime. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the strengths and weaknesses of the French economy pre-revolution, the financial crisis facing France and the finance ministers attempts to resolve the crisis. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the Assembly of Notables, the revolt of the nobles and the events leading up to the estates general. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the reforms made in France between 1789-1791. They include church, political, administrative, judicial, economic/fiscal reforms and societal changes. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the sans-culottes, the revolutionary journées of the summer of 1792, the September Massacres and the elections for the National Convention. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the declaration of a French Republic, the problems and rivalries of the National Convention and the trial and execution of the king. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the spread of the war and the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition, the internal war in the Vendee, the attempts to establish wartime control, the fall of the Girondins and the Federalist Revolt. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the levee en Masse, the technological innovations and changes made to the army which led to the changing fortunes in war. They also cover the coming of the Terror from June-September 1793 and the sans-culotte rising of 5 September 1793. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the impact and development of the Terror in Paris and the provinces, the dechristianisation campaign, the removal of rival political factions and the Cult of the Supreme Being. It also covers the decline of the Terror with the fall of Robespierre and the Coup of Thermidor. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.

These notes cover the dismantling of the Terror, the new constitution, the ‘White Terror’, the various uprisings that took place throughout 1795 and the Verona Declaration. They are for the new a level specification and are to an A*standard.