Stuff & Thangs
What marked the beginning of representative gov. becoming a regular feature of English government?
Model Parliament
Who was the 1st great king of England?
Alfred
What war was a civil war with Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over politics & religion?
30 yr. War
What yr. was the Battle of Hastings?
1066
What nation was formed from ancient Gaul?
France
What king dissolved Parliament in 1692 beginning his 11 yrs. Tyranny?
Charles I
Which English king had a love of crusades?
Richard I
What group fought the English Civil War for divine right of the king?
Cavaliers
Year of the signing of Peace of Westphalia?
1648
What country did William the Silent lead in its independence of Spain?
Netherlands
Who won the 100 yrs. War?
France
Under whose rule did England break ties with the Roman Catholic Church?
Henry VIII
Who called the 1st meeting of Parliament in 1265?
Simon de Monfort
What year was the printing press created?
1440
Who were the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles?
Celts
Henry Tudor won the Wars of the Roses bringing victory to what family?
What English monarch realized the need of representative government & made it a permanent establishment of the government?
Edward I
300 yrs, the Holy Roman Emperors were the Hapsburg family of what country?
Austria
What yr. did the Glorious revolution?
1688
What nation is known for the continuous policy of national neutrality?
Switzerland
What peace treaty gave official approval for territorial, state-established churches in Germany?
Peace of Augsburg
Who attacked and raised Spanish ships for England?
Sir Francis Drake
What nation led the way in the great age of exploration?
Portugal
What yr. was the Magna Carta signed?
1215
Which early inhabitants of Spain founded hundreds of school & universities?
Moors