ENGLISH HISTORY
8TH LARGEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD
GREAT BRITAIN
GREATEST WRITER OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED AUSTRALIA
CAPTAIN COOK
QUEEN WHO PROMISED, “I WILL BE GOOD”.
QUEEN VICTORIA
LARGEST COUNTRY ON THE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLAND
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, NORTHERN IRELAND
UNITED KINGDOM
PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM ENGLAND TO THE NEW WORLD FOR FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
PILGRIMS
FIRST ENGLISHMAN TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
FOUNDER OF THE MODERN NURSING PROFESSION
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
ENGLAND’S PRINCIPAL RIVER
THAMES RIVER
EMPIRE ENGLAND BELONGED TO FOR 400 YEARS IN ANCIENT TIMES
ROMANS
FIRST EXPLORER TO REACH NORTH AMERICA IN MODERN TIMES
JOHN CABOT
1588, QUEEN ELIZABETH’S FLEET DEFEATED IT
SPANISH ARMADA
TIME WHEN MACHINERY BEGAN TO DO THE WORK FORMERLY DONE BY MEN AND ANIMALS
AGE OF INDUSTRY
MOUNTAIN CHAIN KNOWN AS THE “BACKBONE OF ENGLAND”
PENNINES
DOCUMENT SIGNED IN 1215 THAT ESTABLISHED THE TRADITION THAT THE MONARCH IS LIMITED BY LAW
MAGNA CARTA
LEADER OF THE ROUNDHEADS
OLIVER CROMWELL
MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH PREACHER OF THE WESLEYAN REVIVAL
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
MAN WHO PERFECTED THE STEAM ENGINE
JAMES WATT
COUNTRY KNOWN AS THE “EMERALD ISLE”
IRELAND
MAN WHO PRODUCED THE FIRST TRANSLATION OF THE ENTIRE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH
JOHN WYCLIFFE
ARCHITECT WHO HELPED TO REBUILD LONDON AFTER THE GREAT FIRE
SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
“FATHER OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT”
ROBERT RAIKES
BIBLICAL TEACHING THAT GOD EXPECTS ALL PEOPLE TO WORK
PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC
LONGEST RIVER IN THE BRITISH ISLES
SHANNON RIVER