CSS Syllabus British History – 100 Marks
Part –I (Marks 50)
I. The Glorious Revolution (1688)
§ Causes, and Results
§ William III and Mary II (1689-1702)
§ Queen Anne (1702-1714)
II. Hanoverian Era (1714-1790)
§ Jacobite Rebellions (1715 and 1745)
§ Robert Walpole and Whig Oligarchy
§ American War of Independence (1776)
III. The Union of England and Scotland
IV. Union of England and Ireland
V. The Old Colonial system
VI. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
§ Causes
§ Britain and Napoleonic Wars
§ Impact on Britain
VII. Industrial and Agricultural Revolution
§ Causes
§ Effects on Political and Social Life of Britain
§ Party Politics
§ The Methodist Movement
§ Socialism
§ Liberalism
§ Colonization
§ Chartest Movement
VIII. Robert Peel and return of Torries
§ Internal policies
§ Irish Problem
IX. Victorian Era (1837-1901)
§ Internal Reforms
§ Liberals
§ Foreign Policy
§ Disraeli, Gladstone and Problems in Ireland
§ Great Britain and Free Trade
X. Edwardian Era (1901-1910)
§ Domestic and Foreign Policies (1901-1910)
§ The Origins of Labor Party
XI. Britain, World War I and its Aftermath
§ Causes
§ Britain and Peace settlement
§ Effects of War on Britain
§ League of Nations
§ The Great Depression
§ Appeasement and Rearmament
Part –II (Marks 50)
XII. Britain ,World War II and its Aftermath
§ Causes and events
§ Churchill, War Conferences
§ Creation of U.N.O
§ Effects of war
§ Reforms of Labour Government
XIII. Great Britain and Cold War
§ Creation of Common Wealth
§ NATO
§ Decolonization of the British Empire
§ Internal Policies and EEC
§ Foreign Policy
XIV. Thatcherism to Cameroun (1979-2012)
§ Internal Policy
§ Society and culture
§ Foreign Policy
§ Falkland War
§ John Major and his Policies
§ European Common Market and the Great Britain
§ Formation of EU
§ Tony Blair “New Labour” Economic Crunch, War on Terror and his Policies
§ Global Financial Crisis 2008 and the Great Britain
§ Reforms under Cameroun
SUGGESTED READINGS
S.No. |
Title |
Author |
1. |
The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher |
Blake, Robert, 1985 |
2. |
A New History of England, 410-1975. |
Oxford, New York, Pergamum Press, 1968. |
3. |
Trends in Britain Politics since 1945 |
Cook,Chris and JohnRamsden eds. 1978 |
4. |
The Hanoverians, 1714-1815 |
Green, V.H. 1976 |
5. |
The People’s Peace: British History 1945-1990 |
Morgan,Kenneth O,1992 |
6. |
Textbook of Modern English History 1714-1960 |
Southgate,G.W.A, 1961 |
7. |
English History, 1914-1945 |
Taylor, A.J.P. 1965 |
8. |
Europe Since Napoleon |
Thompson, David.1983 |
9. |
English Social History |
Trevelyan, G.M. |
10. |
Britain and Empire. |
L.J. Butler. |
11. |
Democracy: Great Britain 1815—1914 |
Bentley, Michael |
12. |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
Serlley, W.T. |
13. |
History of Britain |
Carter, E.H. |
14. |
Mastering Modern British History |
Norman Lowe |
15. |
The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848—1918 |
Taylor, A.J.P. |