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CAIE A-Level History

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Notes for Cambridge International AS & A Level History (9489), in a folder for each option (the three AS options, the historical interpretations topics and the three depth-study options), with a folder for each topic and two notes inside it. Each option is separate, so delete the folders for the options and topics you do not study. They follow the syllabus for 2027, 2028 and 2029.

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  • AS European option, Modern Europe 1774–1924
    • France, 1774–1814
      • France 1774–1792: the Old Regime, the Revolution of 1789 and the republic11 KB
      • France 1793–1814: the Terror, the Directory and Napoleon Bonaparte10 KB
    • Germany, 1815–71
      • Germany 1815–1850: liberalism, nationalism and the revolutions of 1848–4910 KB
      • Germany 1862–71: Bismarck, the three wars and unification10 KB
    • Russia, 1881–1924
      • Russia 1881–1914: autocracy, the 1905 Revolution and its aftermath10 KB
      • Russia 1914–24: the revolutions of 1917 and the Bolshevik consolidation of power13 KB
  • AS American option, The history of the USA 1820–1941
    • The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–77
      • The United States 1820–65: sectional tension, secession and the Civil War12 KB
      • The United States 1865–77: the aims and success of Reconstruction10 KB
    • The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–1920
      • The United States 1870–1900: rapid industrialisation and its consequences10 KB
      • The United States 1890–1920: the Progressive Movement10 KB
    • The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41
      • The United States 1920–33: the Great Crash and the Great Depression9 KB
      • The United States 1933–41: Roosevelt's first and second New Deals11 KB
  • AS International option, International history 1870–1939
    • Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–1918
      • Imperialism in Africa from 1870 and its effect on the European powers11 KB
      • Japan and the United States as world powers, 1853–191812 KB
    • International relations 1919–29, conflict and cooperation
      • The peace settlements of 1919–20 and the League of Nations10 KB
      • International relations 1919–29: crises, treaties and the years of recovery10 KB
    • International history 1929–39, the rise of extremism and the road to war
      • International relations 1929–36: extremism, the Depression and the League of Nations10 KB
      • Appeasement and the outbreak of the Second World War, 1933–3910 KB
  • A Level Paper 3, historical interpretations
    • The origins of the First World War
      • The origins of the First World War: the events of 1890–1914 and the early debate about blame7 KB
      • The origins of the First World War: Fischer and the later debate on responsibility9 KB
    • The Holocaust
      • The Holocaust: Nazi Germany 1933–45 and the debate over its causes9 KB
      • The Holocaust: perpetrators, victims and bystanders in the historians' debate10 KB
    • The origins and development of the Cold War
      • The Cold War in Europe, 1941–49: events, tensions and the causes debated10 KB
      • The origins of the Cold War: traditionalist, revisionist, post-revisionist and new interpretations9 KB
  • A Level Paper 4, European option, European history 1919–41
    • Mussolini's Italy, 1919–41
      • Italy 1919–41: how Mussolini gained power and governed Italy11 KB
      • Italy 1922–41: Mussolini's economic policies and the transformation of Italian society11 KB
    • Stalin's Russia, 1924–41
      • The Soviet Union 1924–41: how Stalin gained control and how he governed10 KB
      • The Soviet Union 1928–41: Stalin's economic policies and the transformation of society12 KB
    • Hitler's Germany, 1929–41
      • Germany 1929–41: how Hitler gained control and how the Nazis governed12 KB
      • Germany 1933–41: Nazi economic policies and the transformation of German society12 KB
  • A Level Paper 4, American option, The USA 1945–93
    • Truman, Eisenhower and post-war USA, 1945–61
      • The United States 1945–61: Truman and Eisenhower, domestic politics and civil rights13 KB
      • The United States 1945–61: economic and social change, and the foreign policies of Truman and Eisenhower13 KB
    • A time of challenges, the USA 1961–74
      • The United States 1961–74: the Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon presidencies, Cuba and Vietnam14 KB
      • The United States 1961–74: civil rights for African Americans and challenges to authority14 KB
    • The USA, 1974–93
      • The United States 1974–93: the problems of the late 1970s, the New Conservatism and domestic politics13 KB
      • The United States 1974–93: Carter's foreign policy and the changing relations with the Soviet Union13 KB
  • A Level Paper 4, International option, International history 1909–94
    • The Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953–91
      • The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 1953–85: the satellite states, dissent and stagnation13 KB
      • The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 1985–91: Gorbachev's reforms, Solidarity and the collapse of Soviet control12 KB
    • The end of minority rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948–94
      • South Africa 1948–77: the establishment of apartheid, resistance and the government's response13 KB
      • South Africa 1978–94: reform, resistance and the end of apartheid8 KB
      • Southern Rhodesia 1965–80: the end of white minority rule and the creation of Zimbabwe9 KB
    • The route to independence, Malaysia and Indonesia
      • Malaya and the formation of Malaysia, c.1909–6514 KB
      • Indonesia to 1967: nationalism, the Revolution, independence and the rise of Suharto14 KB

The first note

AS European option, Modern Europe 1774–1924 / France, 1774–1814 / France 1774–1792: the Old Regime, the Revolution of 1789 and the republic

The French Revolution grew out of a monarchy that could not pay its debts and could not reform itself, in a society where tax fell on the people least able to bear it. The Revolution then moved from a reforming movement in 1789 to a republic in 1792, and the reasons for each step differ. ## The Ancien Régime France in 1774 was an absolute monarchy. Louis XVI, who came to the throne that year, ruled by divine right and held the power to make law, declare war and appoint ministers. In practice royal government was a patchwork: the king's ministers and the intendants who represented him in the provinces worked beside the regional law courts, the parlements, which had to register royal edicts before they took effect and which used that power to block reforms that threatened noble privilege. There was no national representative body; the Estates-General had not met since 1614. Society was divided into three estates. The First Estate was the clergy, who owned a large amount of land, collected the tithe and paid little direct tax. The Second Estate was the nobility, who held the senior posts in the army, the Church and the administration, were exempt from the main direct tax (the taille) and still collected feudal dues from the peasants who worked their land. The Third Estate was everyone else, which meant the great majority of the population: peasants, urban workers, and the wealthy and educated middle class (the bourgeoisie) of lawyers, merchants and officials. The Third Estate…

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