Year 8 index page - materials and resources for Year 8 school history studies - 1500

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1500-1750: The making of the United Kingdom

Important events pre-1500 [General information]
Richard III & the murder in the tower
Henry VII & the Battle of Bosworth

1500-1750: Kings, Queens and Rulers [Overview]

1500-1750: Major Events [Overview]
Spanish Armada
Gunpowder plot
Plague
Great Fire of London

The Tudors [General information and topics]
Henry VIII & the Reformation
Queen Elizabeth I

The Stuarts [General information and topics]
The English Civil Wars
Oliver Cromwell
Acts of Union
The Glorious Revolution to the '45

1500-1750: General topics

Images of an age
Witchcraft
Renaissance [including scientific discoveries]
Early European Overseas Exploration
The British Empire Being fixed

Additional Year 8 topics

1750-1900: Industrial Revolution
The American Revolution
The French Revolution

Pre-1900 World topics

The Incas
Native North Americans
Mughal India

Additional topics elsewhere on the site

The Medieval Church (year 7 section)
The Black Peoples of the Americas (year 9 section)

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