A-level HISTORY Component 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715

A-level HISTORY Component 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 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 7042/2F. • 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. 2 IB/M/Jun21/7042/2F Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From a statement, ‘Reasons for War’, addressed to Emperor Leopold, issued by Louis XIV, 24 September 1688. Louis XIV’s army crossed the River Rhine the next day. The King of France has always desired tranquility. There are those who hope to find advantage by stirring up new troubles and question the sincerity of His Majesty’s intentions and it is upon them alone that the blame for war is to be laid. The King of France is set, of necessity, to besiege Philipsburg, as this is a place which renders to his enemies an easy entrance into France. He also sees fit to possess himself of Kaiserslautern in the Palatinate, until the title of Elector Palatine has been restored to Madame, his sister-in-law, as belongs to her by succession. To ensure all misunderstandings between the King of France and the Empire are taken away, a definitive treaty of peace is to be made upon the same articles as those of the truce concluded and signed at Ratisbon, 15 August 1684. This makes provision that His Majesty shall not be troubled, on occasion of the new fortifications he has been obliged to make for the security of his lands