britain dates Flashcards by Lucy Murray | Brainscape

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ramsay macdonald

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labour 1929-35

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stanley baldwin

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1935-37

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chamberlain

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1937-40

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churchill 1

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1940-45

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clement atlee

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1945-51

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churchill 2

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1951-55

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anthony eden

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1955-57

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harold macmillan

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1957-63

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alec douglas home

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1963-64

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harold wilson 1

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1964-70

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ted heath

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1970-74

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harold wilson 2

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1974-76

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Jim callaghan

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1976-79

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Margaret thatcher

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1979-90

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John major

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1990-97

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Gov act india

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1932

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rationing ended

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1954

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abdication crisis

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1936

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3000 troops into rhineland

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1936

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munich meeting

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1938

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czechslovakia

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1939

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invasion of poland

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1939

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Norway and denmark

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1940

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defeat of french

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1940

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dunkirk

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1940

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battle of britain

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1940

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North africa campaign

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1941

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Lend lease act

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1941

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atlantic charter

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1941

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pearl harbour

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1941

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us joins war

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1941

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barborossa

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1941

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el alamein

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1941

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operation torch

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1942

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tehran

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1943

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Dday

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1944

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operation market garden

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1944

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bombing of dresden

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1945

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yalta

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1945

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cold war

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1947-1991

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korean war

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1950-53

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vietnam war

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1955-75

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indian independence

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1947

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iron curtain

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1946

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NHS founded

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1948

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suez crisis

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1956

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rent act

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1957

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homicide act

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1957

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balance of payments deficit starts

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1961

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night of long knives

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1962

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scandals

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1963

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1964 balance of payments deficit

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£800,000 mil

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cons dom- wage increase

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£8.30-£18.35

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cond dom- % in world trade

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25%-15%

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homes built in 1951

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354,000

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equality act

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1967

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sexual offences act

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1967

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race relations

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1965 + 1968

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industrial relations act

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1971

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Inflation% under heath

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33%

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days lost to strike 1970

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10.2 mil

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days lost to strike 1974

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14.7 mil

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joined EEC

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1973

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end of fixed exchange rates- nixon

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1971

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social contract

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1973

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IMF

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1976

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lib lab pact

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1976-78

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lost majority

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1977

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winter discontent

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1978-79

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vote of no confidence

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1979

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in place of strife

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1969

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devaluation

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1967

£2.80-£2.40

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black wednesday

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1967

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oil crisis

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1973

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majority increase

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1966

4 to 96

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enoch powell- rivers of blood

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1968

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900,000 labour votes lost

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1966-70

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labour membership fell 150,000

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1966-70

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balance of payments in 1970

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£31 mil

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miners strike

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1972

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release doc workers

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1972