breadth timeline

Question 1

when did Captain Cook explore the South Pacific?

Answer 1

1768-71

Question 2

when was free-trade implemented in Ireland?

Answer 2

1779

Question 3

when was the victory at Trafalgar, which led to the RN achieving naval supremacy at sea?

Answer 3

1805

Question 4

when was the slave trade abolished in Britain after a 19-year campaign?

Answer 4

1807

Question 5

when did Britain acquire Ceylon, the Cape + Malta?

Answer 5

1815

Question 6

when was there a victory at Waterloo?

Answer 6

1815

Question 7

when was Singapore founded?

Answer 7

1819

Question 8

when was the abolition of slavery in the West Indies?

Answer 8

1833

Question 9

when did Britain acquire the Falklands?

Answer 9

1833

Question 10

when did Britain acquire Aden?

Answer 10

1839

Question 11

when was there a victory in the Opium Wars which forced China to cede Hong Kong, Shanghai + other ports to the British?

Answer 11

1842

Question 12

when was the repeal of the Corn Laws, which was intended to lower grain prices?

Answer 12

1846

Question 13

when were the Navigation Acts abolished?

Answer 13

1849

Question 14

when did France re-emerge as a naval power + signal the end of the Age of Sail with Napoleon?

Answer 14

1850

Question 15

when was the purchase of the Suez Canal shares?

Answer 15

1875

Question 16

when did Britain acquire Cyprus?

Answer 16

1878

Question 17

when did Britain occupy Egypt?

Answer 17

1882

Question 18

when did the Naval Defence Act commit the gov to the Two-Power Standard?

Answer 18

1889

Question 19

when did Britain declare Zanzibar a protectorate?

Answer 19

1890

Question 20

when does Britain lease Weihaiwei?

Answer 20

1898