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Question 1

What marked the beginning of the Constitutional monarchy

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The laws passed after the Glorious Revolution, including the Bill of Rights (1689) which confirmed the rights of Parliament and the limits of the king’s power.

Question 2

What limits did the monarchy have after the Bill of Rights was passed

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Parliament took control of who could be monarch and declared that the queen or king must be Protestant and every year the monarch had to ask Parliament to renew funding for the army and the navy

Question 3

What are the first 2 political parties in Parliament

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The Tories (a term also used when referring to the modern Conservative Party) and the Whigs

Question 4

How often did a new Parliament need to be elected

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At least every 3 years
Later every 7 years
Now every 5 years

Question 5

How could a monarch govern effectively considering the new powers of Parliament

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They would need advisers, or ministers, who would be able to ensure the majority of the votes in the House of Commons and the House of Lords

Question 5

How often did a new Parliament need to be elected

Answer 5

At least every 3 years
Later every 7 years
Now every 5 years

Question 6

1695

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Newspapers were allowed to operate without government licence leading o tan increased number of newspapers being published

Question 7

What happened to the power of eh monarchy after Wiliam III

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Ministers gradually became more important than the monarch

Question 8

Who was allowed to vote in the early days of the constitutional monarchy

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Men who owned property of a certain value

Question 9

What was a Pocket Borough

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A parliamentary borough where potentially a single man or family can control the vote

Question 10

What was a Rotten Borough

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A parliamentary borough with few voters (e.g. where the population had declined)

Question 11

1656

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The first Jews to come to Britain since the Middle Ages settled in London

Question 12

1680-1720

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French Protestant refugees called Huguenots settle in Britain. Many were skilled and worked as scientists, in banking, or in weaving or other crafts

Question 13

Queen Anne

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Successor of William III and Mary
Had no surviving children

Question 14

What was the Act of Union, known as the Treaty of Union in Scotland

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Agreed in 1707, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain and although Scotland was no longer an independent country, it kept its own legal and education systems and Presbyterian Church

Question 15

George I

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German
Successor to Queen Anne because he was her nearest Protestant relative
Didn’t speak enough English making him reliant on his ministers

Question 16

Sir Robert Walpole

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the first Prime minister who served in the role form 1721-1742

Question 17

1745

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Charles Edward Stuart (Bonne Prince Charlie) the grandson of James II, landed in Scotland. He was supported by clansmen from the Scottish Highlands snd raised an army

Question 18

1746

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Charles Edward Stuart was defeated by George I at the Battle of Culloden and escaped back to Europe

Question 19

What happened in Scotland after the Battle of Culloden

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Scottish clans lost a lot of their power and influence
Chieftains became landlords only with the favour of the English king
Clansmen became tenants

Question 20

Highland Clearances

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Scottish landlords destroyed crofts (individual small farms) to make space for large flocks of sheep and cattle

Question 21

What prompted the movement of Scottish people to North America during the 19th century

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common Evictions during the Highland clearances

Question 22

Robert Bruns (‘The Bard’)

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A Scottish poet who wrote in the Scots language, English with some Scottish words and in standard English
He revised many traditional fold songs
Aud Lang Syne

Question 23

The Enlightenment

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During the 18th century
New ideas about politics, philosophy and science were developed
Individual right to determine religious beliefs
Many great thinkers were Scottish

Question 24

How often did a new Parliament need to be elected

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At least every 3 years Later every 7 years Now every 5 years

Question 24

Great Thinkers of the Enlightenment

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Adam Smith = economics David Hume's = ideas about human nature which continue to influence philosophers James Watt = work on steam power that helped the progress of the Industrial Revolution

Question 25

The Industrial Revolution

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In Britain in the 18th and 19th century Development of machinery and the use of steam power Agriculture and the manufacturing of goods became mechanised Urbanisation

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Cottage industries

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People worked from home to produce goods such as cloth and lace

Question 27

How did the Bessemer Process impact industry

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The liquid steel production process led to the development of the shipbuilding industry and the railways Manufacturing jobs became the main source of employment in Britain

Question 28

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792)

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Improved the original carding machine Carding is the process of preparing fires for spinning into yarn and fabric Developed horse-driven spinning mills Ran factories efficiently and profitably

Question 29

Developments during the Industrial Revolution

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Better transport links including the building of canals Poor working conditions, children treated like adults if not worse, no rights = long hours + dangerous work environment Overseas colonisation, establishment of colonies in Australia, the EIC takes control of large parts of India Trade and importing of goods from all over the world

Question 30

How often did a new Parliament need to be elected

Answer 30

At least every 3 years Later every 7 years Now every 5 years

Question 30

Sake Dean Mahomet (1759-1851)

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Opened the Hindoostane Coffee House in George Street which was the first curry house to open in Britain Him and his wife also introduced shampooing (the Indian art of head massage) to Britain

Question 31

How did the slave trade operate

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Primarily from West Africa, enslaved individuals were transported on British ships to work on tobacco and sugar plantations in America and the Caribbean Which helped to sustain the commercial expansion and prosperity of the Industrial Revolution

Question 33

How often did a new Parliament need to be elected

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At least every 3 years Later every 7 years Now every 5 years

Question 34

1807

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The slave trade became illegal

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1833

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Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire with the introduction of the Emancipation Act The Royal Navy stopped slave ships from other countries, freed the slaves and punished the slave traders

Question 36

Who set up the first formal anti-slavery group

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The Quakers int eh 1700s who petitioned Parliament to ban the practice

Question 37

William Wilberforce

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An evangelical Christian and MP who with the abolitionists succeeded in turning public opinion against the slave trade

Question 38

William Wilberforce

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An evangelical Christian and MP who with the abolitionists succeeded in turning public opinion against the slave trade

Question 39

How were the freed slaves replaced after the abolishment of slavery

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2 million Indian and Chinese workers were employed to replace the freed slaves They worked on sugar plantations in the Caribbean, in mines in SA, on railways in East Africa and the army in Kenya

Question 40

1776

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After a period of Britain attempting to tax the American colonies without giving them representation in parliament, 13 American colonies declared their independence stating that

Question 41

1783

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Britain recognised the American colonies' independence

Question 42

17889

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Revolution in France and the new French government soon declare war on Britain which Napoleon (who became Emperor of France) continued

Question 43

1805

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Britain's navy fought against combined French and Spanish fleets, winning the Battle of Trafalgar.

Question 44

Admiral Nelson

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In charge of the British fleet at Trafalgar and was killed in battle Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square His ship HMS Victory can be visited in Portsmouth

Question 45

1815

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French wars ended with the defeat of the Emperor Napoleon by the Duke of Wellington (aka the Iron Duke who later became Prime Minister) at the Battle of Waterloo

Question 46

1801

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Ireland became unified with England, Scotland and Wales after the Act of Union of 1800 - creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Question 47

The Union Flag (Jack) consists of what 3 crosses

Answer 47

The cross of St George, patron saint of England, which is red on white background The cross of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, which is a diagonal white cross on a blue background The cross of St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, which is a diagonal red cross on a white ground

Question 48

Why does the Welsh dragon not appear on the Union Flag

Answer 48

When the first Union Flag was created in 1606 from the flags of Scotland and England, the Principality of Wales was already united with England

Question 49

1837-1901

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The Victorian Age which saw an increase in increase in power and influence for Britain abroad Rising middle class Reforms for improving the lives of the poor Queen Victoria becomes queen of the UK at age 18, ruling until 1901

Question 50

The British Empire

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India, Australia and large parts of Africa One of the largest ever Approximately 400 million people

Question 51

1853-1913

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13 million British citizens leave the country as people were encouraged to settle overseas

Question 52

1870-1914

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Approximately 120 000 Russian and Polish Jews came to Britain to escape persecution

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1846

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Corn Laws repealed = an example of the British government beginning to promote free trade

Question 54

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59)

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An engineer responsible for constructing the Great Western Railway

Question 55

1853-1856

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Britain fought with Turkey and France against Russia First war with photographic media coverage Hospital conditions were so poor that there were deaths from illnesses caught there The Victoria Cross medal was introduced

Question 56

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

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At the age of 31 she trained to be a nurse in Germany and in 1860 she established the Nightingale Training School for nurses at St Thomas' Hospital in London (the first of its kind)

Question 57

Fenian

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19th century Irish revolutionary nationalist organisation which favoured complete independence from the United Kingdom

Question 58

Charles Stuart Parnell

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An Irish politician who advocated 'Home Rule', in which Ireland would remain in the UK but have its own parliament

Question 59

The Reform Act of 1832

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Greatly increased the number of people who could vote, got rid of the old pocket and rotten boroughs and more parliamentary seats were given to the towns and cities

Question 60

The Chartist

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Campaigned from 1836 for worker's right to vote a salary for MPs secret ballot general elections abolition of the need to own property

Question 61

Until 1870...

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...When a woman got married her earnings, property and money automatically belonged to her husband

Question 62

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

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Born in Manchester Set up the Women's Franchise League in 1889 which fought to get the vote in local elections for married women

Question 63

1903

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Emmeline Pankhurst helped found the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). This was the first group whose members were called 'suffragetes'

Question 64

1918

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Women over the age fo 30 were given the right to

Question 65

1928

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Women were given the right tot vote at the age of 21, the same as men

Question 66

The Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902)

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The British went to war in South Africa with settlers from the Netherlands called the Boers Saw the start of a strong demand for independence by parts of the British empire

Question 67

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

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Writing promoted the British Empire as a force for good He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 He wrote the 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book His poem 'If' has often been voted among the the UK's favourite poems