Law acts and statutes

Question 1

What Act concerns the lawfulness of a person’s detention?

Answer 1

Habeas Corpus Act 1679

Question 2

What act secured the Protestant succession to the throne after the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 2

The Act of Settlement 1701

Question 3

What formed England, Wales and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain?

Answer 3

The Treaty of Union

Question 4

Who evaded England in 1066?

Answer 4

William the conquerer

Question 5

What year was the Magna Carta written?

Answer 5

1215

Question 6

Who agreed the Magna Carta?

Answer 6

King John, youngest son of Henry 2nd

Question 7

What was the Magna Carta created for?

Answer 7

To keep peace between the king and a group of rebellious barons

Question 8

Who created the Church of England?

Answer 8

Henry Tudor the 8th

Question 9

When was the civil war and Parliament’s rise?

Answer 9

1603

Question 10

What was the cause of the civil war?

Answer 10

Hard to hold the three nations together because of religion

Question 11

When did Charles 2nd restore the monarchy?

Answer 11

1660

Question 12

What is the Acts of Union?

Answer 12

Created by Parliament, unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland

Question 13

When was the Acts of Union created?

Answer 13

1800

Question 14

When was the Reform Act?

Answer 14

1832

Question 15

What is the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 15

Reformed the voting in the UK and the limit the number of rotten boroughs, controlled by dishonest electoral tactics.