May 2025 Edexcel: AS Level History 8HI0/2C Paper 2 – Depth Study, Option 2C: France in Revolution, 1774–1799; Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme

May 2025 Edexcel: AS
Level History 8HI0/2C
Paper 2 – Depth Study,
Option 2C: France in
Revolution, 1774–1799;
Russia in Revolution,
1894–1924 – Merged
Question Paper & Mark
Scheme

,May 2025 Edexcel: AS Level History 8HI0/2C Paper 2 – Depth Study, Option 2C: France in Revolution, 1774–
1799; Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme

Exam Resource Summary

The May 2025 Edexcel AS Level History 8HI0/2C document merges the official question paper and mark
scheme for Paper 2 – Depth Study, covering Option 2C.1: France in Revolution, 1774–1799 and Option
2C.2: Russia in Revolution, 1894–1924. This paper assesses students’ understanding of the origins, course
and consequences of revolutionary change in France and Russia—such as the summoning of the Estates-
General, the Terror, the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the Bolshevik consolidation of powerThe merged
format provides students with full visibility of examiner expectations, mark allocation and question
structure. Each question is paired with the official mark scheme, supporting targeted revision, self-
assessment and the development of coherent, analytical historical arguments. An essential resource for
thorough preparation for the 2025 Edexcel AS Level History Paper 2 examination.

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, SECTION A

Choose EITHER Option 2C.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2C.2 (Question 2), for which




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you have been prepared.

Option 2C.1: France in revolution, 1774–99

Answer Question 1, parts (a) and (b).

You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.

You should start the answer to part (b) on page 7.
1 (a) Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 1 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the power of the
French monarchy before 1789?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(8)

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(b) Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 2 for an enquiry into the
challenge posed to the Republic by the Vendée revolt in 1793?

Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(12)
(Total for Question 1 = 20 marks)




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, Choose EITHER Option 2C.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2C.2 (Question 2), for which
you have been prepared.
Option 2C.2: Russia in revolution, 1894–1924
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Answer Question 2, parts (a) and (b).

You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.

You should start the answer to part (b) on page 7.
2 (a) Study Source 3 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 3 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the impact of the
Kornilov affair on the Bolsheviks?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(8)

AND

(b) Study Source 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
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How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 4 for an enquiry into the
reasons for the closing of the Constituent Assembly in 1918?

Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.
(12)

(Total for Question 2 = 20 marks)
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