BRITISH HISTORY CSS SYLLABUS (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
- Chartist Movement
VIII. Robert Peel and Return of Tories
- 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 Labour 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 Commonwealth
- NATO
- Decolonization of the British Empire
- Internal Policies and EEC
- Foreign Policy
XIV. Thatcherism to Cameron (1979-2012)
- Internal Policy
- Society and Culture
- Foreign Policy
- Falkland War
- John Major and His Policies
- European Common Market and Great Britain
- Formation of EU
- Tony Blair: “New Labour,” Economic Crunch, War on Terror, and His Policies
- Global Financial Crisis 2008 and Great Britain
- Reforms under Cameron
FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for BRITISH HISTORY CSS SYLLABUS
| 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 John Ramsden (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 | Serley, 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. |
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