AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
Revise: Relations with ScotlandThe dispute became known as the Great Cause: deciding who had the rightful claim to become king mattered because an unresolved succession threatened conflict within Scotland.
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GCSE History · key term
The dispute over who should inherit the Scottish throne, which Edward I adjudicated, choosing John Balliol in 1292.
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Paper 2
Revise: Relations with ScotlandThe dispute became known as the Great Cause: deciding who had the rightful claim to become king mattered because an unresolved succession threatened conflict within Scotland.
Distinguish Edward’s legal role in choosing a king from his later attempts to control Scotland: the Great Cause did not itself make Scotland part of England.
Distinguish Robert Bruce, the claimant in the Great Cause, from his grandson Robert Bruce, who became King Robert I in 1306.
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