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CSS British History Syllabus
British History is a 100-mark Group IV optional subject in the CSS written exam, examined in one three-hour paper. Below is FPSC's official syllabus, word for word: every section, topics and suggested readings.
- Marks
- 100
- Papers
- 1
- Time
- 3 hours a paper
- Group
- Group IV
- Subject code
- 28
The paper
100 marks- 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
- •Chartest Movement
- VIII.Robert Peel and return of Torries
- •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 Labor 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
- 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 Common Wealth
- •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 the Great Britain
- •Formation of EU
- •Tony Blair “New Labour” Economic Crunch, War on Terror and his Policies
- •Global Financial Crisis 2008 and the Great Britain
- •Reforms under Cameroun
Suggested readings
- 1.The Conservative Party from Peel to ThatcherBlake, Robert, 1985
- 2.A New History of England, 410-1975.Oxford, New York, Pergamum Press, 1968.
- 3.Trends in Britain Politics since 1945Cook,Chris and John Ramsden eds. 1978
- 4.The Hanoverians, 1714-1815Green, V.H. 1976
- 5.The People’s Peace: British History 1945-1990Morgan,Kenneth O,1992
- 6.Textbook of Modern English History 1714-1960Southgate,G.W.A, 1961
- 7.English History, 1914-1945Taylor, A.J.P. 1965
- 8.Europe Since NapoleonThompson, David.1983
- 9.English Social HistoryTrevelyan, G.M.
- 10.Britain and Empire.L.J. Butler.
- 11.Democracy: Great Britain 1815—1914Bentley, Michael
- 12.England in the Eighteenth CenturySerlley, W.T.
- 13.History of BritainCarter, E.H.
- 14.Mastering Modern British HistoryNorman Lowe
- 15.The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848—1918Taylor, A.J.P.
Past papers
FPSC's British History papers from 2016 to 2026, as text. Open a year, or see them all.