Unit 2
History
From the Stone Age to Brexit
Work through topic pages in order. Each topic teaches the material and gives you a quick check before deeper practice.
Topic progress
Start with the first topic
A topic counts as complete after its quick check. You can still open any topic freely and come back later.
After topic checks
Practise what slipped
Smart practice brings back the questions you missed in History first, then mixes in new ones until they stick.
Study map
Work through the unit in sequence
Each topic is short enough to learn in one sitting, then check immediately before deeper practice.
Early Britain
From Stone Age hunters to Iron Age kingdoms
The Romans
From Caesar's failed invasion to 400 years of Roman rule
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
New settlers, Christian missionaries and Norse raiders
The Norman Conquest
1066 and the transformation of England
The Middle Ages
Wars, plague, Magna Carta and the birth of Parliament
The Tudors
Religious upheaval, six wives and the English Reformation
Elizabeth I and the Stuarts
The golden age, Shakespeare, exploration and the union of crowns
The Civil War
King versus Parliament, Cromwell and the republic
The Restoration and Glorious Revolution
Plague, fire, science and the triumph of Parliament
A Global Power
Union, Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution
The Slave Trade, American Independence and War with France
Abolition, revolution and the battles that shaped modern Britain
The Victorian Age
Empire, industry, reform and the fight for the vote
The World Wars
Two global conflicts, the partition of Ireland and the inter-war years
Post-war Britain
The welfare state, the end of empire, migration, Europe and the 1960s and 1970s
Modern Britain
Thatcher to Brexit, devolution, and great British inventions of the 20th century