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Revised Syllabus and Recommended Books of British History
PAPER: BRITISH HISTORY (100 MARKS)
I. The Glorious Revolution (1688)
- Causes, and Results
- William III and Mary II (1689-1702)
- Queen Anne (1702-1714)
II. Hanoverian Era (1714-1790)
- Jacobite Rebellions (1715 and 1745)
- Robert Walpole and Whig Oligarchy
- American War of Independence (1776)
III. The Union of England and Scotland
IV. Union of England and Ireland
V. The Old Colonial system
VI. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
- Causes
- Britain and Napoleonic Wars
- Impact on Britain
VII. Industrial and Agricultural Revolution
- Causes
- Effects on Political and Social Life of Britain
- Party Politics
- The Methodist Movement
- Socialism
- Liberalism
- Colonization
- Chartest Movement
VIII. Robert Peel and return of Torries
- Internal policies
- Irish Problem
IX. Victorian Era (1837-1901)
- Internal Reforms
- Liberals
- Foreign Policy
- Disraeli, Gladstone and Problems in Ireland
- Great Britain and Free Trade
X. Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
- Domestic and Foreign Policies (1901-1910)
- The Origins of Labor Party
XI. Britain, World War I and its Aftermath
- Causes
- Britain and Peace settlement
- Effects of War on Britain
- League of Nations
- The Great Depression
- Appeasement and Rearmament
Part –II (Marks 50)
XII. Britain ,World War II and its Aftermath
- Causes and events
- Churchill, War Conferences
- Creation of U.N.O
- Effects of war
- Reforms of Labour Government
XIII. Great Britain and Cold War
- Creation of Common Wealth
- NATO
- Decolonization of the British Empire
- Internal Policies and EEC
- Foreign Policy
XIV. Thatcherism to Cameroun (1979-2012)
- Internal Policy
- Society and culture
- Foreign Policy
- Falkland War
- John Major and his Policies
- European Common Market and the Great Britain
- Formation of EU
- Tony Blair “New Labour” Economic Crunch, War on Terror and his Policies
- Global Financial Crisis 2008 and the Great Britain
- Reforms under Cameroun
1. The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher------------------ Blake, Robert, 1985
2. A New History of England, 410-1975.--------------------------- Oxford, New York, Pergamum Press, 1968.
3. Trends in Britain Politics since 1945--------------------------- --Cook,Chris and John Ramsden eds. 1978
4. The Hanoverians, 1714-1815--------------------------- ---------Green, V.H. 1976
5. The People’s Peace: British History 1945-1990------------------Morgan,Kenneth O,1992
6. Textbook of Modern English History 1714-1960---------------- Southgate,G.W .A, 1961
7. English History, 1914-1945--------------------------- ------------Taylor, A.J.P. 1965
8. Europe Since Napoleon--------------------------- ---------------- Thompson, David.1983
9. English Social History--------------------------- ------------------- Trevelyan, G.M.
10. Britain and Empire. --------------------------- --------------------L.J. Butler.
11. Democracy: Great Britain 1815— 1914--------------------------Bentley, Michael
12. England in the Eighteenth Century------------------------------ -Serlley, W.T.
13. History of Britain--------------------------- ------------------------Carter, E.H.
14. Mastering Modern British History--------------------------- ------Norman Lowe
15. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848— 1918---------------Taylor, A.J.P.
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