The British Empire
This was Britain’s first colony in the Americas, established in 1607.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
This battle in 1066 led to the Norman Conquest of England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This war between England and France lasted from 1337 to 1453.
What is the Hundred Years’ War?
This innovation by James Watt revolutionized industrial production.
What is the steam engine?
This Tudor and Stuart playwright is often regarded as England’s greatest writer.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The 1857 Sepoy Rebellion occurred in this part of the British Empire.
What is India?
This Tudor monarch ruled England for 45 years, ushering in the Elizabethan era.
Who is Elizabeth I?
The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 sought to restore this royal house to the British throne.
What is the House of Stuart?
This 19th-century movement sought to extend voting rights to the working classes.
What is Chartism?
This British scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
This was England's first colony - taken in 1169.
What is Ireland?
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in this monarch taking the throne.
Who are William III and Mary II?
This Civil War leader defeated Charles I and established the Commonwealth.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
The Factory Act of 1833 limited the working hours of this group
Who are children?
This scientist discovered penicillin in 1928.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
This year was the height of the British Empire's size. (Accept the decade)
When is 1922?
This king signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
Who is King John?
This queen destroyed the capital of the land in rebellion - Colchester.
Who is Boudica of the Iceni?
This epidemic in London (1854) led John Snow to identify contaminated water as a source of disease.
What is cholera?
The Royal Society, founded in 1660, received its charter under this monarch.
Who is Charles II?
The Treaty of Waitangi (1840) was signed between Britain and the indigenous people of this territory.
What is New Zealand?
Known as the “mad king,” this monarch lost the American colonies.
Who is George III?
This 1381 uprising was led by figures like Wat Tyler and John Ball.
What is the Peasants’ Revolt?
This 1906 reform introduced free school meals for poor children.
What is the Education (Provision of Meals) Act?
This pagan god pre-dates Christianity, and is most associated with Zeus, Jupiter or Odin.
Who is Woden?