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Dates Flashcards

1
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What happened 10,000 years ago?

A

Britain became permanently separated from the continent by the Channel

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2
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What happened 6,000 years ago?

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The first farmers arrived in Britain

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3
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What happened in 55BC?

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Julius Caesar led a Roman invasion of Britain, but he was not successful

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4
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How long did the Romans stay in Britain?

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400 years

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5
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What happened in AD600?

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Anglo-Saxons Kingdoms were established in Britain

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6
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What happened in AD789?

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The Vikings first visited Britain

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7
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What happened in 1066?

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William the Conqueror defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings

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What happened in 1284?

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King Edward I introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan, which annexed Wales to the Crown of England

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9
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What happened in 1314?

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The Scotts led by Robert the Bruce defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn

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10
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What happened in 1415?

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Battle of Agincourt (Hundred Years War) where King Henry’s vastly outnumbered English army defeated the French

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11
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What happened in 1348?

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Black Death, where a third of the population died

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12
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What happened in 1215?

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Magna Carta (Great Charter)

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13
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What happened in 1455?

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The war of the roses, civil war between House of Lancaster and House of York

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What happened in 1588?

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The English defeated the Spanish Armada, a large fleet of ships which had been sent by Spain to conquer England and restore Catholicism

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What happened in 1642?

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The civil war between the Kind and the Parliament started

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16
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What happened in 1649?

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King Charles I was executed

17
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What happened in 1665?

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There was a major outbreak of plague in London, it was under Charles II’s reign

18
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What happened in 1689?

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Bill of Rights, which confirmed the rights of Parliament and the limits of the king’s power.

19
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What happened in 1707?

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Act of Union, known as the Treaty of Union in Scotland, created the Kingdom of Great Britain

20
Q

What happened in 1833?

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Emancipation Act, which abolished slavery throughout the British empire

21
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What happened in 1776?

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13 American colonies declared their independence

22
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What happened in 1800?

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Act of Union which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

23
Q

When was the first Union flag created?

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1606

24
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When did Queen Victoria become queen?

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1837, when she was 18

25
Q

What happened in 1846?

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The repealing of the Corn Laws

26
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What happened in 1832?

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Reform Act increased the number of people with the right to vote, abolishing the old pocket and rotten boroughs

27
Q

What did the Acts of Parliament in 1870 and in 1882?

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They gave wives the right to keep their own earnings and property

28
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When did the WWI end?

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WWI ended at 11am on the 11th November 1918

29
Q

When was the treaty between Ireland and the British army end?

A

In 1921 a peace treaty was signed and Ireland became two countries in 1922

30
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When did Ireland become a republic?

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1949

31
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When did the UK formally leave the European Union?

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31st January 2020

32
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When did the Good Friday agreement happen?

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It was signed in 1998

33
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When did the UK host the Olympic Games?

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1908, 1948, 2012

34
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What happened in 1958 for the peers?

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The PM has had the power to nominate peers just for their own lifetime since 1958

35
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What happened since 1999 to hereditary peers?

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Hereditary peers have lost the automatic right to attend the House of Lords

36
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What did the Human Rights Act 1998 ?

A

It incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law

37
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When did the Emancipation Act happen?

A

In 1833

38
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When did the Habeas Corpus Act happen?

A

In 1679

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