British History
A charter of rights from 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
Piece of paper signed in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Famously proclaimed "we shall shortly have a famous victory over these enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people"
Who was Queen Elizabeth?
First president of the USA
Who was George Washington?
Confirmed to the Supreme Court despite massive protest and controversy
Who is Brett Kavanaugh?
Nation that gained independence from Great Britain in 1947
What is India?
The years of the Civil War
What is 1861-1865?
Britain's first female prime minister
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
President who ordered the atom bombs to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was Harry S. Truman?
First NFL player to take a knee during the national anthem to demonstrate against police brutality towards African-Americans
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
Organization Britain joined in 1973
What is the European Economic Community (ECC)?
Name of organization formed after the Civil War by people not all that happy with African-Americans no longer being enslaved
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Declared himself Lord Protector in 1653
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white lady before Rosa Parks
Who was Claudette Colvin?
Journalist killed and mutilated by (allegedly) Saudi-Arabia
Who was Jamal Khashoggi?
The year of the creation of Great Britain
What was 1707?
Slogan for the American Revolution
"No taxation without representation"
Signed the Magna Carta
Who was King John?
Civil rights activist who believed that whites and blacks living side by side was impossible
Who was Malcolm X?
Something sent to several people who are on the opposite side of Donald Trump on the political spectrum, or vocally oppose him
What is a package bomb?
The year England won the World Cup
What is 1966?
Place where a massacre of Native American ended resistance by the indigenous peoples
What is Wounded Knee, South Dakota?
Tried to blow up Parliament
Who was Guy Fawkes?
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Now been allowed to join the UK Special Forces
What's women?