History 1HI0/P1 June 2023 | Edexcel GCSE Past Papers With Mark Scheme

Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0) Jul 2023

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1. Silver discovery (c1545–1555) consequences: massive economic influx into Spanish Empire, intensified forced Indigenous labor through the mita system, global silver trade expansion

2. Spanish Empire expansion (1513–1521): Balboa’s Pacific claim, Cortés’s landing in Mexico, alliances with Tlaxcalans, capture of Tenochtitlán, gold plunder and native subjugation

3. Tainos and Caribs impact: cultural collapse, forced labor, epidemic devastation, displacement through encomienda system and missionization during early Caribbean settlement

4. Imperial policy 1496–1512: centralized administration via Casa de Contratación, regulation of exploration, introduction of royal officials in colonies, enforcement of trade monopoly

5. New Laws (1542) significance: attempted abolition of encomienda inheritance, aimed to protect Indigenous peoples, limited effectiveness due to colonial resistance

6. Paper structure: consequence explanation (Q1), narrative account with chronology and causality (Q2), analytical importance discussion with thematic focus (Q3)