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So we all know that AQA A-level history paper 1 for the Tudors was a bit nasty with the essays however I've fully messed up...

I was so confident (exam adrenaline and nerves) that I knew about the Henry VII one until I walked out and realised I had completely misinterpreted patronage and in my into and thought the essay defined it as a balanced financial policy as opposed to what it really is which is rewards.

I think I'm so done for because I didn't give any examples of rewards and my argument was more about him being too harsh and the other side was times he was more reasonable, I know now that I could have fully done it with the evidence about Jasper tudor and also balanced it with the lack of rewards and argued something about it being punishment as he was not only not rewarding but also unreasonably harsh which would have been much stronger.

Overall my judgment was that with 'patronage' (reasonable financial policy) he achieved objective control however his personal dynastic insecurity meant without punishment to completely oppress any sort of threat he never personally felt in control. I used the fact he killed someone from his inner circle (William Stanley) and the extremity to which he took bonds ( seen with execution of E+D) as my killer facts...

I was also so so so anxious and stressed the entire time so that did NOT help

I'm so scared I'm going to be capped at like level 2 when the rest went well and I need an A and preferably an A*

Am I doomed? 😭

How'd it go guys? I did Mussolini and Stalin. Stalin was good but Mussolini was a little meh cause I didn't know much to write on repression.

Assess the impact of foreign policy on the economy in Nazi Germany in the period 1933–39.
From today's exam!
**wrote 5.5 pgs for this & 6 exact for stalin. Ended complete exam on extra sheet's first pg (**utilized first half pg)

In October 1933, Germany withdrew from the World Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations In March 1935, Hitler openly announced conscription and expanded the army to 36 divisions, roughly 550,000 men When Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933, Germany was still formally restricted by the Treaty of Versailles. The German army was limited to 100,000 men, The Saar plebiscite in January 1935 also helped Hitler. Under the Versailles settlement, the Saar had been placed under League control for 15 years, with its coal mines controlled by France. In the plebiscite, over 90% voted to return to Germany The Anglo Agreement of June 1935 further strengthened Germany’s position. Britain allowed Germany to build a navy up to 35% of the size of the British fleet and permitted a limited submarine force. This mattered because it weakened the united front against Germany. Britain effectively accepted German rearmament outside the Versailles framework. It also damaged the Stresa Front, formed by Britain, France, and Italy in April 1935 to oppose German revisionism after the announcement of conscription. The remilitarisation of the Rhineland on 7 March 1936 is one of the strongest examples of both planning and opportunism. Hermann Göring in charge of preparing the German economy for war Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1937. In May 1939, Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel. Hossbach Memorandum of November 1937 i The Anschluss with Austria in March 1938 strongly supports the argument that Hitler followed a clear plan. The union of Germany and Austria had been forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain. Yet Hitler had long wanted to unite all Germans in one Reich. Austria also had symbolic importance because Hitler himself was Austrian by birth. In February 1938, Hitler pressured Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg at Berchtesgaden, forcing him to make concessions to Austrian Nazis, including appointing Arthur Seyss-Inquart as Minister of the Interior. The Sudetenland crisis of 1938 also appears to follow a clear plan. After the invasion of Poland, Hitler’s war expanded westwards. In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. In May 1940, Germany attacked the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. France was defeated rapidly, and the armistice was signed in June 1940. This was a stunning victory that gave Germany control over much of Western and Central Europe February 1940 Soviet-German trade agreement, the USSR agreed to supply Germany with huge quantities of raw materials, including 900,000 metric tons of oil products, 100,000 metric tons of cotton, 300,000 metric tons of manganese, 200,000 tons of grain, a Mefo bills Schacht’s New Plan (1934) Reich Food Estate and the Reich Entailed Farm Law Germany’s birth rate rose from 14.7 per 1000 in 1933 to 20.3 per 1000 in 1939. wrote about depression fading away automatically . how much can I expect out of 30 ??

used these point for drafting my answer. exact these
M expecting 25ish from stalin. But interested in knowing how much can I score in hitler?

HOW WAS IT? Esp the european questions on hitler and stalin. Please discuss them here.

for Mussolini I talked about the OVRA but it didn’t use that much violence, fascist indoctrinatio, the Lateran pact increasing his popularity and foreign policy successes that also increased his popularity to some extent. For Hitler i talked about having to increase employment to fulfill his promise, remiliterisation of Rhineland and rearmament, then the economic expansion for lebensraum but they ended up stealing resources from other countries during the war also taking the gold reserves in Austria.

guys, if anyone completes variant 42 PLEASE LMK what came in the international option 🙏🙏 (cold war and middle east)

What did everyone think of it?!? The non interpretation questions were a bit weird

how did it go for u guys? for me it went rly well, specifically the question on detente. taiwan question was an area i didnt really study as much for but i think it still went well.

what did you guys write for the taiwan question?

all my papers where already leaked without my knowledge please help me pass atleast history😔

who did international option?

HOW WAS IT??

9. Assess the extent of Khrushchev’s commitment to peaceful coexistence.

10)Assess the extent to which public opinion was responsible for US withdrawal from Vietnam.

I didn't write anything for section C as I ran out of time. Can I still get a B or an A? I'm so scared.

I do Edexel.

Thoughts everyone??? Essays were great, found the extracts a bit meh

To anyone else who does this topic (which seems like no one), what did you think of the paper?

interpretations: henry 7

q1: henry 8 government

q2: midtudor gov or religion

q3: an elizabeth question which i plan to not answer x

if u have any keals or predictions plsss dm me! Ty

Any predictions for Hitler and Stalin 30 markers yall??

I’m not sure how accurate they are but here is what my friend found

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Mass media and propaganda -section B

Section A theme 1 bout the early period

Stalin government
Stalin economy
Media, propaganda and education

Krsuchev's reforms or the five year plan

Religion, culture of personality

Political or economic reform

TERROR

Women

Perestroika

Agricultural reform