AQA A Level History: France in Revolution, 1774–1815, 7042/2H - 5 June 2019

What did everyone think?

The source could have been better but also could have been much worse. The first source i didn't like, the second was decent and the third I think I misread a point. In section B i chose 2 and 3, they were decent.

The only thing that worries me is the first source question that I answered which was about the "constitutional reforms 1789-91", do you think by constitutional they mean specifically relating to the constitution I.e. deceleration of the rights of man etc. rather than just any reforms during that period such as August decrees, civil constitution of the clergy etc. becasue I wrote about the latter but don't know whether they were getting at something by writing constitutional reforms, but seems like too much of a narrow focus

Ngl all the questions were good. Wayyy better than British Empire but those questions were another level. Q4 (Napoleon) was the easiest but I didn’t do it. I knew what to talk about but honestly I barely revised AS so I didn’t have enough detail or specific facts to talk about.

Seeing as last year the paper was focused on:
-> sources: Sans culottes
-> essays: the causes of France's issues by 1789, Napoleon's contribution towards France by 1806 and the directory

I'm guessing this year it could be on:
- Napoleon as a military genius or even the downfall of Napoleon
- The terror maybe
- anything between the assembly of notables and Louis' execution (i,e a focus on the constitutional monarchy experiment )
- Coup of Brumaire or the peninsular war / continental blockade as sources maybe?

I wrote about all the reforms that happened under the Constitution so mentioned August Decrees, Declaration of Rights of Man and the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

The source could have been better but also could have been much worse. The first source i didn't like, the second was decent and the third I think I misread a point. In section B i chose 2 and 3, they were decent.