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Ancient Britain
Middle Ages
The Tudor Age
The Stuarts
19th century
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from about 55 BC up to 1066

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from 1066 up to the end of 15th century

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1485-1606

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from about 1603 up to the beginning of 18th 

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What was the most outstanding queen of the period?Name the dates

Queen Victoria, 1837 - 1901

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The greatest monument existing back then 

Stonehenge 

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What did William the Conqueror introduce in 1086? Explain what it was.

The Doomsday book, for taxation purposes.

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Who contributed a lot to the nationalization of the English church? Give the date.

Henry VIII, 1534

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What happened on the 5th of November?

The Gunpowder Plot; James I disappointed the Catholics , they wanted to blow up the King and the Parliament 

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What did Anglo-French rivalry for world domination culminate in?

1803 - 1815 The Napoleonic Wars

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The greatest monument built by the Romans 

Hadrian's wall

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When was Carta Magna signed? what did it guarantee?

1215, certain rights and liberties to free men, the Council of 25 to control the power of the king 

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How many wives did Henry VIII have? What happened to them?

6; 

  1. Catherine of Aragon – divorced (she gave him a daughter – Mary) 
  2. Anne Boleyn – beheaded (she gave him a daughter – Elizabeth I)
  3. Jane Seymour – died (she gave him a son – Edward VI) 
  4. Anne of Cleves – divorced
  5. Catherine Howard – beheaded
  6. Catherine Parr – survived 
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Why did the civil war of 1642-1651 start? What were the consequences?

Charles I  had tensions with the Parliament over money; P. refused to sponsor the war with Scots, Oliver Cromwell came to power in 1645

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What was opened in 1830 by Duke of Wellington?

Liverpool Railway

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Who came to Britain after Angles, Saxons and Jutes

Vikings

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When was the first Parliament summoned? 

1265

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What was Mary's nickname and why?

Bloody Mary; execution of 300 protestants

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When did the Parliament proclaimed the union of Scotland and England?

1707

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What law for the poor was introduced?

the Poor Law, they were forced to live and to work in workhouses 

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It was built by William the Confessor

Westminster Abbey

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When and why was the Hundred Years' War started?

Edward III claimed the throne of France. 1337

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What are the main characteristics of the Elizabethan period?

the culture soar, exploration of the new World, England = the Queen of the seas

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What movement appeared during the Industrial Revolution? Why?

Luddism; they wanted to destroy the machines as they deprived them of their work

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Who was the longest reigning monarch of the UK?

Elisabeth II, 1952 - 2022