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The big pattern

The big pattern

Annotated timeline of key Tudor foreign policy turning points from 1485 to 1603, showing the shift from France and Scotland to Spain and the Netherlands as the main threat

Foreign policy means how a government deals with other states through marriage, alliance, war, diplomacy and trade. For the Tudors, the key relationships were usually with France, Scotland, Burgundy or the Netherlands, and Spain.

Tudor Foreign Policy 1485–1603 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /Tudor Foreign Policy 1485–1603

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History Tudor Foreign Policy 1485–1603 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.

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