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AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY Component 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 JUNE 2023 QP
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AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY Component 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 JUNE 2023 QPA-level
HISTORY
Component 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815
Friday 9 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/2H.
• Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
• You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
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IB/M/Jun23/E4 7042/2H
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From a speech on the future of the King, given in the National Convention, by
Maximilien Robespierre, 3 December 1792.
Louis is dethroned by his crimes. He conspired against the Republic: either he is
condemned or the basis of the Republic is under question. To propose the trial of Louis
XVI is to question the revolution. If Louis may be tried, he may be acquitted; if he may
be acquitted, he may be innocent. But if he is innocent, what becomes of the
revolution? If he is innocent, what are we but false accusers? There is another difficulty 5
– to what punishment shall we condemn him? For myself, I detest the penalty of death; I
neither love nor hate Louis, I hate nothing but his crimes. However, a dethroned king in
the very heart of a Republic not yet consolidated? A king, whose very name draws
foreign war on the nation? Neither prison nor exile can make his an innocent existence.
It is with regret I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis must perish rather than 100 000 virtuous 10
citizens! Louis must perish because our country must live.
Source B
From a report in an American newspaper, 12 December 1792. The report’s author had
been educated in Geneva and Paris but returned to America in 1785.
In referring to the present disastrous situation of France, many may be inclined to believe
that the revolution has produced horrible effects. But if we survey these effects with the
eye of deliberation, we shall find that our views ought to change. The King exercised a
despotic power without restraint. The nobles built around them a circle equally
tyrannical, although to a lesser extent. The trouble-making nobility have deliberately and
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uniformly endeavoured to bring the revolution into disrepute. We have seen émigrés,
secretly assisted by the King and Queen, build up armies to attack France. We have
seen them dispatch envoys into France to attack every measure that promoted the
progress of Liberty. In league with the King and Queen they have spread wicked lies.
We have witnessed them engage several nations to assist in murdering their
countrymen, and in deluging their native soil with blood. For these treacherous actions, 10
Louis XVI must die.
IB/M/Jun23/7042/2H
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