Name Drop: Great Britain Flashcards

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Claimed French Throne: Sparked 100 years War

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Edward II

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Early part 100 years War

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Edward III

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3
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Agincourt: Beloved English King

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Henry V

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Last York King: Hated: Believed to manipulative and evil

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Richard III

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5
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Helped Unify England

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Edward I

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6
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Defeated Richard III, Created Court of Star Chamber: First Tudor

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Henry VII

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7
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Created Church of England: 6 wives

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Henry VIII

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Wives of King Henry VII

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Catherine of Aragon: Divorced
Anne Boleyn: Beheaded
Jane Seymour: Died
Anne of Cleves: Divorced
Catherine Howard: Beheaded
Catherine Parr: Survived
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9
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Nine Day Queen

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Lady Jane Grey

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10
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Bloody Catholic, Married to Phillip II of Spain

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Mary I

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Younger Brother of Elizabeth and Mary Tudor

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Edward VI

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12
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Powerful Queen of England: Last Tudor

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Elizabeth I

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Executed by her cousin Elizabeth, Catholic: Babington plot

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Mary Queen of Scotts

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First Stuart: Divided church, alienated parliament, pro-catholic, divine right

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James I

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Arrogant King: Defeated and executed in the English Civil War

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Charles I

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16
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Puritain Military Dictator, won English Civil War

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Oliver Cromwell

17
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Merry Monarch, 12 illegitimate children

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Charles II

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Catholic Sympathizer, people got angry: fled during Glorious Revolution

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James II

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Glorious Revolution put in place puppet monarchs

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William and Mary

20
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First Prime Minister: Whig Party and Parliament

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Sir Walpole

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Prime Minister: 7 Years War:

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William Pitt the Elder

22
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Supported American Revolution, British political radical

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John Wilkes

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Invented Tory Party, Led England against Napoleon, Raised Taxes and crushed radicals

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William Pitt the Younger

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Irish political theorist, condemned French Rev

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Edmund Burke

25
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British Admiral who fought Napoleon

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Horatio Nelson

26
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Congress of Vienna: British Rep: Ended Slave Trade

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Castlereagh

27
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Longest Ruling Queen of England

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Victoria

28
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Beloved Husband of Victoria

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Albert

29
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Peterloo Massacre, Corn Law, Tory Prime Minister

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Lord Liverpool

30
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Plotted to blow up british cabinet: Hanged

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Thistlewood

31
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Liberal reforms in Britain

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Sir Peel

32
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Liberal: opened to all religion, secret ballot, supported irish home movement

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Gladstone

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Conservative, ease class antagonism, Public Health and Artist Dwelling Act

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Disraeli

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led Irish Land League, organized irish members of parliament

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Parnell

35
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Socialist, healthcare, unemployment benefits, Treaty of Versailles

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David Lloyd George

36
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First Labor Ministry

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MacDonald

37
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Appeasement of Hitler: Naive

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Chamberlain

38
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Prime Minister: Gallipoli, WWII, This is our finest hour!

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Churchill