History (A) J410,11 November 2020 , OCR GCSE Past Papers with Mark Schemes

1. British Economy and Empire Expansion (1688–1730) – Economic benefits from the empire, including trade, raw materials, taxation, and the development of financial institutions like the Bank of England.

2. Darien Scheme Failure – Evaluation of sources on whether English opposition was the primary reason for failure, considering financial struggles, disease, poor planning, and resistance from Spain.

3. Migration to Spitalfields (Pre-1900) – Reasons migrants settled in Spitalfields, including employment in textile industries, religious tolerance, and proximity to London’s economic opportunities.

4. Spitalfields After 1945 – Comparison of a 2012 interview about Bangladeshi community activism with a 2018 photograph commemorating Altab Ali’s murder, assessing their usefulness for studying post-war migration and social change.