Early Modern Britain 1509-1745

HA Secondary Resources (Key Stage 3)

Published: 4th August 2014

The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

While the 2014 Curriculum sets out the broad focus of each particular content area, considerable choice has been left to history departments in determining which particular events or developments to include and how they can best 'combine overview and depth studies to help pupils understand both the long arc of development and the complexity of specific aspects of the content'.

The suggested content - listed by the DfE - is as follows:

  • Renaissance and Reformation in Europe
  • The English Reformation and Counter Reformation (Henry VIII to Mary I)
  • The Elizabethan religious settlement and conflict with Catholics (including Scotland, Spain and Ireland)
  • The first colony in America and first contact with India
  • The causes and events of the civil wars throughout Britain
  • The Interregnum (including Cromwell in Ireland)
  • The Restoration, ‘Glorious Revolution' and power of Parliament
  • The Act of Union of 1707, the Hanoverian succession and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745
  • Society, economy and culture across the period: for example, work and leisure in town and country, religion and superstition in daily life, theatre, art, music and literature

Resources

A range of resources related to this particular aspect of the curriculum can be accessed here: 

Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

The Elizabethan religious settlement and conflict with Catholics

The first colony in America and first contact with India

The causes and events of the civil wars throughout Britain; the Interregnum

The Restoration, ‘Glorious Revolution' and power of Parliament

The Act of Union of 1707, the Hanoverian succession and the Jacobite rebellions

Society, economy and culture across the period