CAPE History Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2

18 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 1(a)12 marksWith reference to Document I, explain FOUR issues which led the Stamp Act Congress to oppose the imposition of taxes from Britain.
2. 1(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, outline THREE separate measures imposed by Britain on her American colonies for the purpose of revenue enhancement.
3. 1(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, explain TWO actions taken by the American colonists before the Second Continental Congress which would have undermined Britain's authority over the Thirteen Colonies.
4. 1(d)6 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, explain why the colonial opposition evolved from initial protest to the ultimate decision of severing political ties with Britain in 1776.
5. 230 marksDiscuss the view that the establishment of European settlements in the Americas up to 1763 were predominantly influenced by economic considerations.
6. 330 marksDiscuss the impact of the main political and social ideas of the European Enlightenment on the French Revolution.
7. 4(a)9 marksWith reference to Document I, explain THREE ways in which the Caribbean sugar planters contributed to the development of the Industrial Revolution in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
8. 4(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, give TWO reasons for the "increase of foreign trade" for towns like Manchester after 1750.
9. 4(c)6 marksOutline THREE of the 'obvious reasons' referred to in Document III for the greater benefit to be gained from export of British made goods over re-export of colonial goods.
10. 4(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss THREE consequences of the Industrial Revolution for the Atlantic colonies.
11. 530 marksAssess the contribution of the network of railroads to the emergence of the United States as an industrial power in the second half of the 19th century.
12. 630 marks"The newly independent Latin American republics faced great problems in the aftermath of independence in the 1820s." Discuss the extent to which this claim was true for EITHER Brazil OR Venezuela from independence to…
13. 7(a)9 marksWith reference to Document I, examine THREE ways in which "the contact of the White race with the Black... resulted in the emergence of a set of conflicting living conditions" up to and beyond 1944.
14. 7(b)6 marksWith reference to Document II, give TWO reasons why the "Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws" was thought necessary.
15. 7(c)6 marksWith reference to Document III, explain TWO reasons for the change from non-violent to armed protests against apartheid through the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
16. 7(d)9 marksWith reference to Documents I, II and III, discuss Mandela's role in the struggle against apartheid up to the 1960s.
17. 830 marksAssess the view that 'the war in Europe in 1914 resulted largely from the existence of an alliance system'.
18. 930 marksExamine the factors which contributed to Gandhi's success in achieving national independence for India.