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Minister of Finance in first Irish Parliament.

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Michael Collins

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Founded ‘The Squad’ to conduct assassinations.

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Michael Collins

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Led efforts against the Black and Tans and the Cairo Gang.

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Michael Collins

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4
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Accepted Romanov Crown Jewels as collateral for a loan.

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Michael Collins

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Actions led to death of athlete Michael Hogan in Croke Park.

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Michael Collins

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Led Provisional Government of the Free State against anti-treaty Sinn Féin.

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Michael Collins

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7
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Explained signing the treaty as the ‘freedom to achieve freedom.’

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Michael Collins

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8
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Died after asking for directions in Bandon.

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Michael Collins

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9
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Nicknamed ‘Big Fellow.’

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Michael Collins

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10
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Signed the ‘No Rent Manifesto.’

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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11
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Released in the Kilmainham Treaty.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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12
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Broke with the Invincibles after Phoenix Park Killings.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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13
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Founded the Irish Parliamentary Party.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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14
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Affair with Katherine O’Shea led to political downfall.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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15
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Broke association with radicals Michael Davitt and John Devoy.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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16
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‘New Departure’ plan separated militancy from Home Rule movement.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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17
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First president of National Land League.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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18
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Letters forged by Richard Pigott linked him to a massacre.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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19
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Imprisoned through the Coercion Act.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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20
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Went on a diplomatic mission to America with John Dillon.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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21
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Commemorated on Ivy Day.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

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22
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Responsible for the Railway Act of 1844.

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William Gladstone

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23
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Resigned over the Maynooth Grant issue.

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William Gladstone

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24
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Created a program for ‘Fallen Women.’

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William Gladstone

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25
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Wrote letters about Naples prisons to the Earl of Aberdeen.

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William Gladstone

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26
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Sent on a twelve-week mission to the Ionian Islands.

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William Gladstone

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27
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Established free trade with France through the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty.

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William Gladstone

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28
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Cardwell Reforms made flogging during peacetime illegal.

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William Gladstone

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29
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Discussed the ‘Bulgarian Horrors’ in his Midlothian Campaign.

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William Gladstone

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30
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Ordered bombing of Alexandria to suppress Urabi Revolt.

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William Gladstone

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31
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Delayed rescue of General Gordon in Khartoum.

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William Gladstone

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32
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Hawarden Kite press release supported Irish Home Rule.

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William Gladstone

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33
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Introduced the secret ballot.

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William Gladstone

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34
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Wrote anti-Catholic pamphlet ‘The Vatican Decrees’.

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William Gladstone

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35
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Passed the Third Reform Act.

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William Gladstone

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36
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Abolished paper duties.

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William Gladstone

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37
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Allowed Lord Chamberlain’s censorship of plays in Licensing Act.

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Robert Walpole

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38
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Introduced ‘sinking fund’ to combat South Sea Bubble.

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Robert Walpole

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39
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Regime satirically known as ‘Robinocracy.’

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Robert Walpole

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40
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Member of the Kit-Cat Club.

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Robert Walpole

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41
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William Pulteney led ‘Patriot Whigs’ against this man.

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Robert Walpole

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42
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Popularity hurt after commuting John Porteous.

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Robert Walpole

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43
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Saved Stanhope and Sunderland from prosecution.

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Robert Walpole

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44
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Helped stop Christopher Layer in the Atterbury Plot.

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Robert Walpole

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45
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Resigned after Cartagena de Indias.

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Robert Walpole

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46
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Resigned after mishandling Chanak Crisis.

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Lloyd George

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47
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Pushed for a land tax in People’s Budget.

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Lloyd George

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48
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Gave Mansion House Speech deriding German aggression.

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Lloyd George

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49
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Purchased cheap shares of Marconi company with Rufus Isaacs.

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Lloyd George

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50
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Introduced National Insurance Act of 1911.

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Lloyd George

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51
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Almost lynched for opposition to Boer War.

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Lloyd George

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52
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Quoted Oliver Cromwell ‘In the name of God, go!’ to this man.

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Neville Chamberlain

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53
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Attacked in book ‘Guilty Men’ under pseudonym ‘Cato.’

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Neville Chamberlain

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54
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Said England was done with ‘Bleak House’ and moving onto ‘Great Expectations.’

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Neville Chamberlain

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55
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Pushed for ‘Imperial Preference’ policy of his father.

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Neville Chamberlain

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56
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Brother Austen won Nobel Peace Prize for Locarno Pact.

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Neville Chamberlain

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57
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Ended use of Treaty Ports in agreement with Eamon de Valera.

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Neville Chamberlain

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58
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Handling of Phony War criticized.

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Neville Chamberlain

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59
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Lord Halifax replaced Anthony Eden in this man’s cabinet.

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Neville Chamberlain

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60
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Presided over ‘Khaki Election.’

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Neville Chamberlain

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61
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Waved a piece of paper at Heston Aerodrome.

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Neville Chamberlain

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62
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Established Unemployment Assistance Board.

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Neville Chamberlain

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63
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Presented with the Godesberg memorandum.

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Neville Chamberlain

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64
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Heavily criticized in Norway Debates.

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Neville Chamberlain

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65
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Declared ‘I have friends in this house.’

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Neville Chamberlain

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66
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Succeeded Stanley Baldwin.

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Neville Chamberlain

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67
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Signed an agreement with Edouard Daladier.

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Neville Chamberlain

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68
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Chancellor of the Exchequer in the ‘Who? Who? Ministry’.

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Disraeli

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69
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Took a loan from Rothschilds to purchase a controlling share of Suez Canal Company.

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Disraeli

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70
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His Royal Titles Act made Queen Victoria Empress of India.

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Disraeli

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71
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Authorized Robert Napier to launch a campaign against Tewodoros II in Ethiopia.

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Disraeli

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72
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Inspired ‘One Nation’ political faction within his party.

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Disraeli

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73
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Attacked in Midlothian Campaign.

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Disraeli

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74
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Passed Reform Act of 1867.

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Disraeli

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75
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Wrote about Chartist movement in novel ‘Sybil’.

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Disraeli

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76
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Inspired the ‘One Nation’ movement.

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Disraeli

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77
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Successor was Lord Salisbury.

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Disraeli

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78
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Wrote about unification of Italy in novel ‘Lothair’.

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Disraeli

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79
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Served thrice as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby’s minority governments.

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Disraeli

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80
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Primrose League founded in his honor.

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Disraeli

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81
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Wanted to build the ‘Cape to Cairo’ railroad.

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Cecil Rhodes

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82
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Business partner Charles Rudd convinced King Lobengula to concede Matabeland’s resources.

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Cecil Rhodes

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83
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Diamond magnate who names an Oxford scholarship.

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Cecil Rhodes

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84
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Cartoon depicts him holding up a telegraph line.

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Cecil Rhodes

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85
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Personal secretary Edmund Drummond killed by lumberjack Daniel M’Naghten.

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Robert Peel

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86
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Issued Tamworth Manifesto, outlining principles of Conservative Party.

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Robert Peel

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87
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Founded Metropolitan Police Service, causing them to be named ‘bobbies’.

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Robert Peel

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88
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Refused to replace Lord Melbourne during Bedchamber Crisis.

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Robert Peel

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89
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Repealed Corn Laws.

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Robert Peel

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90
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Carried out Emancipation Act as home secretary to Arthur Wellesley.

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Robert Peel

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91
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Bedchamber Crisis began after this politician refused to form a government after Lord Melbourne’s resignation.

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Robert Peel

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92
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Purchased American maize during his second term after the start of the Irish Potato Famine.

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Robert Peel

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93
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Succeeded the Duke of Wellington.

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Robert Peel

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94
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Demanded replacing ladies-in-waiting of previous PM.

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Robert Peel

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95
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First government failed after the organization of the Lichfield House Compact.

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Robert Peel

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96
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Credited with founding the Conservative Party.

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Robert Peel

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97
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Westland Helicopters affair led to resignation of Michael Heseltine.

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Margaret Thatcher

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98
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Patrick Magee attempted to assassinate this leader.

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Margaret Thatcher

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99
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Made patriotic ‘Britain Awake’ speech.

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Margaret Thatcher

100
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Came to power due to Winter of Discontent in predecessor Callaghan’s rule.

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Margaret Thatcher

101
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Strike of coal miners during tenure known as Battle of Orgreave.

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Margaret Thatcher

102
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Passed an ordinance banning ‘flying pickets’.

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Margaret Thatcher

103
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Clashed with Arthur Scargill and mineworkers striking.

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Margaret Thatcher

104
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‘Big Bang’ was the sudden deregulation of the London Stock Exchange under this PM.

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Margaret Thatcher

105
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Called ‘milk snatcher’ because of cutting a program of free milk.

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Margaret Thatcher

106
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Appointed Lord Carrington as Foreign Secretary.

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Margaret Thatcher

107
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Lost popularity due to Community Charge, a poll tax.

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Margaret Thatcher

108
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Succeeded by John Major.

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Margaret Thatcher

109
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Patrick Magee of the Provisional IRA attempted to assassinate this leader.

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Margaret Thatcher

110
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Established ‘Community Charge’ which was basically a poll tax.

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Margaret Thatcher

111
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Resigned in wake of the Suez Crisis.

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Anthony Eden

112
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Resigned as Foreign Secretary after Munich Agreement.

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Anthony Eden

113
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‘Law Not War’ rally led against this man at Trafalgar Square.

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Anthony Eden

114
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Succeeded Churchill after his second term.

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Anthony Eden

115
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Successor faced Profumo Affair.

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Anthony Eden

116
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Modified Clause IV of this party’s constitution.

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Tony Blair

117
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Signed Good Friday Agreement.

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Tony Blair

118
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Sent Britain into War on Terror.

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Tony Blair

119
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Described as being George W. Bush’s ‘poodle’.

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Tony Blair

120
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One treaty signed established border at Watling Street.

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Alfred the Great

121
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Welsh monk Asser wrote his biography.

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Alfred the Great

122
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Compiled law code known as ‘Doom Book’.

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Alfred the Great

123
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Defeated ‘Great Heathen Army’ led by Guthrum.

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Alfred the Great

124
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‘Burhs’ constructed described by Burghal Hidage.

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Alfred the Great

125
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Brother of Aethelred the Unready.

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Alfred the Great

126
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Book compiled by this man begins with translation of Ten Commandments.

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Alfred the Great

127
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Lost a battle to Halfdan Ragnarsson.

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Alfred the Great

128
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Formalized area known as Danelaw after one victory.

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Alfred the Great

129
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Ordered release of Edward Courtenay and Stephen Gardiner from prison.

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Mary I

130
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Wyatt’s Rebellion led against this ruler.

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Mary I

131
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Had several phantom pregnancies in years before death.

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Mary I

132
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Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley part of Oxford Martyrs under this ruler.

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Mary I

133
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Appointed Reginald Pole as Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Mary I

134
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Remarked ‘When I am dead and opened, you will find Calais written on my heart’.

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Mary I

135
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Secretary David Rizzio’s murder organized by Lord Darnley.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

136
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Reluctance to marry initiated War of the Rough Wooing.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

137
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Casket Letters used to prosecute this ruler.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

138
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Abducted and taken to Dunbar Castle by Earl of Bothwell.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

139
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Supported by the Rising of the North.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

140
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Babington Plot failed to place this ruler on the throne.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

141
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Defeated at Battle of Langside.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

142
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Abdicated after Encounter of Carberry Hill.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

143
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Francis Throckmorton burned at the stake.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

144
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Francis Walsingham uncovered plot to place this leader on the throne.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

145
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Lost Battle of Worcester.

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Charles II

146
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George Monck allowed for this man’s restoration after ending Rump Parliament.

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Charles II

147
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Actor and mistress Nell Gwyn called ‘poor Nelly’.

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Charles II

148
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Agreed to Test Act as part of Clarendon Code.

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Charles II

149
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Advised by the ‘Cabal’.

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Charles II

150
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Titus Oates fabricated threat of Popish Plot, leading to the death of fifteen Catholics.

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Charles II

151
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth attempted to assassinate this leader in the Rye House Plot.

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Charles II

152
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Chief Minister Edward Hyde.

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Charles II

153
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Drafted Document of Breda, pardoning everyone except those who executed his father.

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Charles II

154
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Francis Bigod led a failed rebellion against this monarch.

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Henry VIII

155
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Robert Aske led Pilgrimage of Grace against this ruler.

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Henry VIII

156
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Reaggravated infection from jousting accident at Siege of Boulogne.

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Henry VIII

157
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Advised by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

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Henry VIII

158
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Opposed by Thomas More.

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Henry VIII

159
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Meeting with Francis I at Field of Cloth of Gold.

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Henry VIII

160
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Dissolution of monasteries spearheaded by Thomas Cromwell.

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Henry VIII

161
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Final words ‘Monks! Monks! Monks!’.

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Henry VIII

162
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Successor to John Balliol.

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Robert I

163
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Treaty of Northampton signed with Edward II.

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Robert I

164
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Pope Clement V excommunicated this man.

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Robert I

165
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Rival of John ‘the Red’ Comyn.

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Robert I

166
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Secured decisive victory at Battle of Bannockburn.

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Robert I

167
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James Gillray satirized this monarch in several cartoons.

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George III

168
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Son introduced Pains and Penalties Bill to control Caroline of Brunswick.

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George III

169
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PM William Grenville created ‘Ministry of All the Talents’ under his rule.

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George III

170
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Walls of Newgate Prison painted with the words ‘His Majesty, King Mob’.

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George III

171
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Spencer Perceval first PM to be assassinated under this monarch.

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George III

172
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Disapproved of minister Charles James Fox.

A

George III

173
Q

Obtained the right to veto unsuitable marriages through Royal Marriages Act.

A

George III

174
Q

Faced anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.

A

George III

175
Q

Ruled during ministry of William Pitt the Younger.

A

George III

176
Q

John Wilkes arrested for satirizing this man in the North Briton newspaper.

A

George III

177
Q

Signed Treaty of Nonsuch with the Netherlands.

A

Elizabeth I

178
Q

Pope Pius V issued Regnans in Excelsis to excommunicate this ruler.

A

Elizabeth I

179
Q

Faced Dacre, Neville, and Percy families in Rising of the North.

A

Elizabeth I

180
Q

Gave Golden Speech.

A

Elizabeth I

181
Q

Served by spymaster Francis Walsingham.

A

Elizabeth I

182
Q

Protected by Bond of Association, authorizing execution of anyone attempting to usurp throne.

A

Elizabeth I

183
Q

Dubbed a ‘servant of crime’.

A

Elizabeth I

184
Q

Robert Dudley served as council and was a suitor of this leader.

A

Elizabeth I

185
Q

Said ‘I have the heart and stomach of a king’ in Tilbury Speech.

A

Elizabeth I

186
Q

Shielded from world through John Conroy’s Kensington System.

A

Victoria

187
Q

Threatened to abdicate to pressure Disraeli to act in Russo-Turkish War.

A

Victoria

188
Q

Lord Melbourne first PM during this leader’s reign.

A

Victoria

189
Q

One prime minister’s resignation led to Bedchamber Crisis.

A

Victoria

190
Q

Edward Oxford tried to assassinate this leader.

A

Victoria

191
Q

Robert Pate hit this leader on the head.

A

Victoria

192
Q

Called ‘Famine Queen’.

A

Victoria

193
Q

Succeeded Edward the Confessor.

A

Harold Godwinson

194
Q

Beat his own brother Tostig at Battle of Stamford Bridge.

A

Harold Godwinson

195
Q

Won Battle of Fulford.

A

Harold Godwinson

196
Q

Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria.

A

Harold Godwinson

197
Q

Captured by Guy of Ponthieu after a shipwreck.

A

Harold Godwinson

198
Q

Fought in Battle of Dinant against Conan II.

A

Harold Godwinson

199
Q

Wife was Anne Neville.

A

Richard III

200
Q

Remains found under a parking lot.

A

Richard III

201
Q

Brother George, Duke of Clarence, married to Elizabeth Woodville.

A

Richard III

202
Q

Successor of Edward IV.

A

Richard III

203
Q

Governor of the Council of the North.

A

Richard III

204
Q

One part of War of Quadruple Alliance aimed to overthrow this monarch.

A

George I

205
Q

South Sea Bubble occurred during this monarch’s reign.

A

George I

206
Q

Whigs cemented power through passage of Septennial Act.

A

George I

207
Q

Suppressed Old Pretender’s usurpation in Battle of Preston.

A

George I

208
Q

Faced first of the Jacobite Uprisings.

A

George I

209
Q

Revived Order of the Bath.

A

George I

210
Q

Convened Hampton Court Conference.

A

James I

211
Q

Ministers signed Millenary Petition against this ruler.

A

James I

212
Q

Wrote a book on witchcraft, Daemonologie.

A

James I

213
Q

Faced threat of Gunpowder Plot.

A

James I

214
Q

Robert Catesby sought to replace this man.

A

James I

215
Q

Kidnapped during Ruthven Raid as an adolescent.

A

James I

216
Q

Suspected lover of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.

A

James I

217
Q

Dealt with the Addled Parliament.

A

James I

218
Q

Attempted to marry his son to the Infanta Maria in ‘Spanish Match’.

A

James I

219
Q

Anthony Weldon dubbed him the ‘wisest fool in Christendom’.

A

James I

220
Q

Isaac Komnenos took sister Joan and fiancée Berengaria prisoner.

A

Richard the Lionheart

221
Q

Coronation saw the death of Jacob of Orleans.

A

Richard the Lionheart

222
Q

Conquered Cyprus in 1191.

A

Richard the Lionheart

223
Q

Won Battle of Arsuf.

A

Richard the Lionheart

224
Q

Unsuccessfully rebelled against father Henry II.

A

Richard the Lionheart

225
Q

Led with Philip II on one campaign.

A

Richard the Lionheart

226
Q

Captured and ransomed by Leopold of Austria.

A

Richard the Lionheart

227
Q

Tory Robert Harley held great influence on this monarch.

A

Anne I

228
Q

Feuded with wife Sarah Churchill of general John, Duke of Marlborough.

A

Anne I

229
Q

Endured thirteen miscarriages out of eighteen.

A

Anne I

230
Q

Death sparked passage of the Act of Settlement.

A

Anne I

231
Q

Pope Innocent III invalidated one document signed by this man.

A

John I

232
Q

Rebelled while his brother was returning from the Third Crusade.

A

John I

233
Q

Innocent III excommunicated this leader due to not recognizing Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.

A

John I

234
Q

Defeated rival claimant Arthur of Brittany at Battle of Mirebeau.

A

John I

235
Q

Sparked First Barons’ War after violating one treaty.

A

John I

236
Q

Lost the Battle of Bouvines.

A

John I

237
Q

Robert FitzWalter accused this monarch of seducing daughter Matilda.

A

John I

238
Q

Stole Isabelle d’Angoulême, fiancée of Hugh de Lusignan.

A

John I

239
Q

Won Battle of Falkirk.

A

Edward I

240
Q

Captured William Wallace.

A

Edward I

241
Q

Won the Second Barons’ War.

A

Edward I

242
Q

Won Battle of Evesham with Gilbert de Clare.

A

Edward I

243
Q

Remonstrances issued in complaint against this man.

A

Edward I

244
Q

Edict of Expulsion expelled Jews from England.

A

Edward I

245
Q

‘Hammer of the Scots’.

A

Edward I

246
Q

‘English Justinian’ forced the abdication of John Balliol.

A

Edward I

247
Q

Lost at Battle of Stirling Bridge.

A

Edward I

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