OCR Oxford Cambridge and RSA Tuesday 21 June 2022 — Morning GCSE (9—1) History A (Explaining the Modern World) J410/11 The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688-c.1730 with Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS • Use black ink. • Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown. • Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.... • Answer all the questions. INFORMATION • The total mark for this paper is 50. • The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ]. • This document has 4 pages. ADVICE • Read each question carefully before you start your answer. © OCR 2022 [601/8091/2] DC (ST) 300133/4 2 © OCR 2022 J410/11 Jun22 SECTION A The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730 Answer all the questions. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section. 1 Explain why there was tension between England and Scotland between c.1688 and c.1730. [10] 2 Study Sources A–C. ‘People in Britain supported the slave trade between 1688 and c.1730.’ How far do Sources A–C convince you that this statement is correct? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [20] Source A As the African trade will soon be discussed in Parliament, I would like to draw your attention to cruelty suffered by thousands of African slaves. The system has reduced the enslaved people to a life of never-ending hard labour and cruel punishments. Slave owners might call themselves ‘good men’ and ‘Christians’ but they treat these poor creatures worse than dogs and horses. I am aware of the importance of the plantations to England and know it would be impossible to run them without slaves. These poor wretches – whose labour makes us rich – should be treated with more kindness. I am appealing to you to improve the conditions of these thousands of miserable men. An extract from a pamphlet called ‘A letter to Parliament from a merchant in Jamaica’, published in London in 1709 by an unknown author. It was sold for 2d (two pence) a copy. Source B It is plain to those of us who live in the colonies that planters only buy slaves because they are absolutely necessary to sugar-making. If we didn’t use slave labour, French and Dutch planters would be able to sell their sugar for less than English planters. This would put the English out of business. We face slave revolts, hurricanes, droughts, and criticism from people in Britain who do not really know what they are talking about. People in Britain should remember that they benefit from the taxes and trade that sugar brings just as much as the planters do. If there are slaves in the British colonies, it is because English merchants carried them here and because the government encouraged them to do so. An extract from a letter written by Robert R [Show More]

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