The big picture after Napoleon
The big picture after Napoleon

France after 1814 was not simply going back to the old order. Revolutionary gains such as equality before the law, careers open to talent and the sale of land could not easily be reversed, but many elites still wanted order after years of upheaval.
Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History France 1814–1870 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.