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Britain became separated from the European continent

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10,000 years ago

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Stone Age farmers arrived in England

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6,000 years ago

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What Stone Age village still exists …

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Skara Brae Orkney in Scotland

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The Bronze Age began

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4,000 years ago

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What Iron Age village still exists…

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Maiden Castle Dorset

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Julius Cesar attempted to invade England in…

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BC 55

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Claudius successfully invaded England in

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AD 43

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Christians began to appear in the

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3rd and 4th century

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9
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Romans occupied England for

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400 years until AD 410

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When did Anglo Saxons establish Britain as a kingdom

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AD 600

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Vikings visited Britain in…

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AD 789

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Which Scottish King helped the Scots defeat the Vikings

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King Kenneth MacAlpin

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13
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When was the Battle of Hastings

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1066.

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14
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Who established the Domesday Book?

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William the Conqueror.

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The Bayeaux Tapestry commemorates which Battle?

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The Battle of Hastings

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16
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The Middle Ages spans from which thousand year period?

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AD 475 to 1485

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In 1284, The Statute of Rhuddian annexed which country to the Crown of England.

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Wales.

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In 1314, the Scots were led by Robert the Bruce to defeat England in which Battle?

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The Battle of Bannockburn

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19
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By 1200 English rule was established in which country?

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Ireland.

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Which two foreign wars occurred during the Middle Ages, which England fought?

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The Crusades and the Hundred Years War with France.

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The Battle of Agincourt was fought in which year by King Henry V?

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1415, as part of the Hundred Years War

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The Hundred Years War occured…

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1337 to 1453

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23
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Magna Carta was established

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  1. This also established the House of Lords and House of Commons.
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The Black Plague arrived in Britain in

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1348

25
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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

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Geoffrey Chaucer

26
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Who was the first person to use a printing press to print books in England?

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William Caxton

27
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Which famous Scottish poet wrote about The Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn?

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John Barbour

28
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War of the Roses happened between what years

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1455 and 1485 for 30 years

29
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Which two houses fought against each other in the War of the Roses

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The House of Lancaster and the House of York

30
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Which two monarchs fought in the War of the Roses?

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Richard II, House of York

Henry VII, House of Lancaster

31
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Who were Henry’s 8 wives?

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Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
32
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After Henry VIII died who inherited the throne?

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Edward VI, he died at 15 years of age.

33
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Elizabeth I died in what year?

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1603

34
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When did the English defeat the Spanish Armada

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1588.

35
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Which Battle ended the War of the Roses?

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The Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

36
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Which king succeeded Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I?

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James I of England and James VI of Scotland.

37
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During the Elizabethan period, which explorer captained the Golden Hind?

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Sir Francis Drake

38
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In which year did Charles begin civil war against his own parliament?

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1642

39
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What were the names of the two sides when Charles I declared war against his own parliament?

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The Cavaliers and the Roundheads

40
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What years was Charles I executed?

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1649

41
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England was a republic for which period?

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1649 to 1660.

42
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In which wars did Oliver Cromwell defeat Charles II?

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Battle of Dunbar and the Battle of Worcester.

43
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What year did the Great Fire occur?

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1666

44
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Which writer wrote about the Great Fire and the Plague of the 17th century?

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Samuel Pepys

45
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In 1679, Habeas Corpus Act was established. What did it change?

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Every prisoner has the right to be heard in court.

46
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Which year did Catholic James II of England, Ireland and Wales become king?

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1685

47
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Which year did William of Orange invade England?

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1688, the Glorious Revolution

48
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In 1690, William III defeated James II in which Battles?

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Battle of Boyne in Ireland.

49
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The Bill of Rights was established in what year?

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1689.

50
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freedom of Press was established in

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1695.

51
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The Act or Treaty of Union was agreed when?

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1707 creating the Kingdom of Great Britain.

52
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Who was England’s first Prime Minister?

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Sir Robert Walpole, 1721 to 1742.

53
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In what year did the Jacobites try to place a Stuart king on the throne?

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1745.

54
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What year was the Battle of Culloden

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1746.

55
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Who was Adam Smith?

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Scottish Enlightenment thinker who wrote ideas on economics.

56
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Who was David Hume?

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wrote about his ideas on human nature (Enlightenment)

57
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Who was James Watt?

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created steam power (Enlightenment)

58
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Which movement promoted the idea that everyone should have the right to their own political and religious beliefs and that state should not dictate them?

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The Enlightenment.

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