General Years

Question 1

1066

Answer 1

The Norman Conquest - Battle of Hastings

Question 2

1215

Answer 2

Magna Carta

Question 3

1314

Answer 3

Bannockburn - Scotland’s victory over England

Question 4

1415

Answer 4

Battle of Agincourt - French decimated b English

Question 5

1485

Answer 5

Henry VII became the first Tudor on the throne, the end of the wars of the roses

Question 6

1534

Answer 6

Act of Supremacy - law of EN Parliament - The King was made supreme head of the church (no longer the Pope)

Question 7

1605

Answer 7

The Gunpowder Plot - Guy Fawkes

Question 8

1649

Answer 8

The execution of King Charles I

Question 9

1649-1660

Answer 9

English Interregnum

Question 10

1689

Answer 10

Bill of Rights - England became Constitutional Monarchy

Question 11

1701

Answer 11

Act of Settlement - only a protestant can inherit the Crown

Question 12

1707

Answer 12

Acts of Union - England and Scotland created a Political Union

Question 13

1708

Answer 13

Privy Council of Great Britain (England and Scotland)

Question 14

1805

Answer 14

Trafalgar

Question 15

1815

Answer 15

Waterloo - Napoleon defeated

Question 16

1938

Answer 16

Munich Agreement

Question 17

1973

Answer 17

Britain joins the European Community

Question 18

1975

Answer 18

First Referendum

Question 19

1982

Answer 19

Falkland’s War - with Argentina over the Falkland Island