The big picture
The big picture
This topic is about a Stuart monarchy trying to govern three kingdoms: England, Scotland and Ireland. The key issue is not a simple fight of king versus Parliament, but the way money, religion, foreign policy and royal authority combined over time.
Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660 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.