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Notes for SQA National 5 History (course code C837 75), in one folder for each of the three historical studies: Scottish, British, and European and world. Every context option has its own folder with notes following its key issues in order. Delete the option folders your class does not study once the notes are yours.

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  • Scottish
    • The Wars of Independence 1286–1328
      • The succession problem and the Great Cause, 1286–12924 KB
      • Balliol and Edward I, 1292–12964 KB
      • William Wallace, 1296–13054 KB
      • Robert Bruce, 1306–13285 KB
    • Mary Queen of Scots and the Reformation 1542–1587
      • Scotland, the Church and the Rough Wooing, to 15594 KB
      • The Reformation in Scotland, to 15874 KB
      • Mary's reign in Scotland, 1561–15673 KB
      • Mary in England, 1567–15873 KB
    • The Treaty of Union 1689–1715
      • Worsening relations between Scotland and England, 1689–17075 KB
      • Arguments for and against Union, and the passing of the Treaty4 KB
      • The Treaty of Union and its impact, to 17154 KB
    • Migration and Empire 1830–1939
      • Immigration to Scotland and the impact of Empire, 1830s–19394 KB
      • The experience of immigrants in Scotland, 1830s–19394 KB
      • Scottish emigration and Scots abroad, 1830s–19394 KB
    • The Era of the Great War 1900–1928
      • Scots on the Western Front, 1914–19184 KB
      • The domestic impact of the Great War on Scottish society4 KB
      • Industry, economy and politics in Scotland, 1914–19284 KB
  • British
    • The Creation of the Medieval Kingdoms 1066–1406
      • The Normans, feudal society and Normanised Scotland4 KB
      • Royal power in the reign of Henry II4 KB
      • The Church in the medieval kingdom4 KB
      • The decline of feudal society4 KB
    • War of the Three Kingdoms 1603–1651
      • James VI and I and the problems of royal authority, 1603–16254 KB
      • Charles I, Personal Rule and challenges to royal authority, 1625–16405 KB
      • The Civil Wars, the execution of Charles I and Cromwell, to 16514 KB
    • The trade in enslaved African people 1770–1807
      • The triangular trade and its effects on Britain and Africa, 1770–18075 KB
      • Britain and the Caribbean, and the experience of the enslaved4 KB
      • The abolitionist campaigns and the end of the British trade5 KB
    • Changing Britain 1760–1914
      • Health and housing in industrial Britain, 1760–19144 KB
      • Textile factories and coal mines4 KB
      • Canals and railways4 KB
      • The pressure for democratic reform, up to 18844 KB
    • The Making of Modern Britain 1880–1951
      • Poverty and attitudes to it, 1880–19063 KB
      • The Liberal reforms, 1906–19144 KB
      • The Second World War, the Beveridge Report and wartime reforms3 KB
      • The Labour reforms and the Welfare State, 1945–19514 KB
  • European and world
    • The Cross and the Crescent, the Crusades 1071–1192
      • Knights, castles and warfare in the Middle Ages4 KB
      • The First Crusade, 1096–10994 KB
      • The fall of Jerusalem in 1187 and the Third Crusade5 KB
    • Tea and Freedom, the American Revolution 1774–83
      • Tension between Britain and the American colonies, to 17744 KB
      • Moves towards independence, 1774–17764 KB
      • The war and American victory, 1776–17834 KB
    • USA 1850–80
      • Westward expansion, the journey west and the homesteaders, USA 1850–18804 KB
      • Enslavement and the Civil War, USA 1850–18655 KB
      • Reconstruction and Southern reaction, 1865–18784 KB
      • The Plains Indians: conflict and defeat, USA 1850–18803 KB
    • Hitler and Nazi Germany 1919–39
      • The Weimar Republic, 1919–19334 KB
      • The Nazi rise to power, 1920–19344 KB
      • Nazi control of Germany and opposition to it, 1933–19394 KB
      • Nazi social and economic policies, 1933–19394 KB
    • Red Flag, Lenin and the Russian Revolution 1894–1921
      • Imperial Russia under the Tsar, 1894–19044 KB
      • The 1905 Revolution and its aftermath4 KB
      • The First World War and the February Revolution, 19174 KB
      • The October Revolution and the Civil War, 1917–19215 KB
    • Mussolini and Fascist Italy 1919–1939
      • Mussolini's rise to power, to 19255 KB
      • The Fascist state, social and economic policies, Italy 1925–19394 KB
      • Fascist foreign policy and opposition to Mussolini4 KB
    • Free at Last, Civil Rights in the USA 1918–1968
      • Immigration to the USA and the closing of the Open Door, to 19284 KB
      • Segregation, the Ku Klux Klan and Black migration, to 19454 KB
      • The civil rights campaigns, 1945–19685 KB
      • The ghettos and Black American radicalism, 1960s4 KB
    • Appeasement and the Road to War 1918–1939
      • The peace treaties and the League of Nations, to 19335 KB
      • Nazi foreign policy, 1933–19384 KB
      • British and French appeasement, to 19384 KB
      • The final steps to war, 19394 KB
    • World War II 1939–45
      • German expansion in Europe, 1939–19434 KB
      • The war with Japan, 1941–19454 KB
      • Life in occupied Europe5 KB
      • Allied victories in Europe and Japan, 1944–19454 KB
    • The Cold War 1945–89
      • The emergence of the Cold War, to 19554 KB
      • Flashpoints: Hungary, Berlin and Cuba5 KB
      • The Vietnam War4 KB
      • Détente and the end of the Cold War, 1968–19893 KB

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Scottish / The Wars of Independence 1286–1328 / The succession problem and the Great Cause, 1286–1292

Scotland in the later 13th century was a settled and fairly prosperous kingdom, and its kings had ruled with little interference from England for generations. That changed in March 1286, when Alexander III was killed in a fall from his horse in the dark near Kinghorn in Fife, riding to join his new wife. His sons and his daughter were already dead, so the heir was his infant granddaughter Margaret, known as the Maid of Norway, who was about three and lived in Norway with her father, King Eric II. ### Why this was a problem A child queen who was abroad, and who would need to marry in time, left Scotland without a ruling monarch and open to rival claims. A group of Guardians, drawn from the leading nobles and churchmen, was appointed to govern in her name. The Guardians kept order, but the great families had old rivalries and the possibility of civil war was never far away, especially as the Bruce and Balliol families both had a claim to the throne if Margaret died without heirs. ### The Treaty of Birgham Edward I of England saw a chance to bring Scotland into a close relationship with his own kingdom. In 1290 the Scots and Edward agreed the Treaty of Birgham, under which Margaret would marry Edward's son, the future Edward II. The Scots made sure the treaty promised that Scotland would remain a separate kingdom with its own laws, customs and liberties, so the marriage would unite the two crowns in one family but not the two realms. Edward agreed to this in writing, though he…

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