Thinking through History at Tallis http://historyattallis.weebly.com https://www.facebook.com/historyASA2attallis Email: historyattallis@gmail.com A level History. Paper 1. Key Theme 3. Social and intellectual challenge, 1625–88 Historical Assessment...
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Thinking through History at Tallis http://historyattallis.weebly.com https://www.facebook.com/historyASA2attallis Email: historyattallis@gmail.com A level History. Paper 1. Key Theme 3. Social and intellectual challenge, 1625–88 Historical Assessment Objectives 1 and 3 Robert Hooke initially gained a strong reputation as a designer of machinery and scientific instruments, and, beginning in 1655, he was employed by the royalist Robert Boyle in Oxford to design air pumps and air pump experiments, while the Cromwellian regime was still in place. The effects of reduced air in an evacuated chamber in various kinds of experimental set-ups quickly became emblematic of the power of experimental inquiry. In a Nutshell: Key Features and conceptual understanding: Content and concepts. Part 1. Population: reasons for the increase in population; the impact of population growth on urban development and rural change; growth of poverty and vagrancy; the Poor Laws and actions against beggars and vagran
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