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AQA A-level History 7042

90 points in 30 topics, with AQA's codes and titles.

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Codes and titles are read by a script from AQA's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: AQA’s specification.

1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204

1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598 (A-level only)

1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603

1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702

1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only)

1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885

1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964

1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964

1J The British Empire, c1857–1967

1K The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975

1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991

2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216

2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499

2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only)

2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570

2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660

2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 (A-level only)

2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801

2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only)

2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only)

2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945

2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957

2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953

2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997

2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980

2R The Cold War, c1945–1991

2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007

2T Crisis of Communism: USSR and Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only)