Edexcel GCSE History · 1HI0
Paper 1
Revise: The Nature of WarfareDuring the English Civil Wars, which began in 1642 between Charles I’s Royalists and Parliament’s supporters, infantry consisted chiefly of pikemen and musketeers.
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GCSE History · key term
An infantry soldier armed with a long spear called a pike, used against enemy infantry and to protect troops from cavalry.
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Paper 1
Revise: The Nature of WarfareDuring the English Civil Wars, which began in 1642 between Charles I’s Royalists and Parliament’s supporters, infantry consisted chiefly of pikemen and musketeers.
Link a weapon’s characteristics to its battlefield consequences: slow musket reloading helped make protection by pikemen necessary.
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