Name Drop: Great Britain Flashcards
Claimed French Throne: Sparked 100 years War
Edward II
Early part 100 years War
Edward III
Agincourt: Beloved English King
Henry V
Last York King: Hated: Believed to manipulative and evil
Richard III
Helped Unify England
Edward I
Defeated Richard III, Created Court of Star Chamber: First Tudor
Henry VII
Created Church of England: 6 wives
Henry VIII
Wives of King Henry VII
Catherine of Aragon: Divorced Anne Boleyn: Beheaded Jane Seymour: Died Anne of Cleves: Divorced Catherine Howard: Beheaded Catherine Parr: Survived
Nine Day Queen
Lady Jane Grey
Bloody Catholic, Married to Phillip II of Spain
Mary I
Younger Brother of Elizabeth and Mary Tudor
Edward VI
Powerful Queen of England: Last Tudor
Elizabeth I
Executed by her cousin Elizabeth, Catholic: Babington plot
Mary Queen of Scotts
First Stuart: Divided church, alienated parliament, pro-catholic, divine right
James I
Arrogant King: Defeated and executed in the English Civil War
Charles I
Puritain Military Dictator, won English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Merry Monarch, 12 illegitimate children
Charles II
Catholic Sympathizer, people got angry: fled during Glorious Revolution
James II
Glorious Revolution put in place puppet monarchs
William and Mary
First Prime Minister: Whig Party and Parliament
Sir Walpole
Prime Minister: 7 Years War:
William Pitt the Elder
Supported American Revolution, British political radical
John Wilkes
Invented Tory Party, Led England against Napoleon, Raised Taxes and crushed radicals
William Pitt the Younger
Irish political theorist, condemned French Rev
Edmund Burke
British Admiral who fought Napoleon
Horatio Nelson
Congress of Vienna: British Rep: Ended Slave Trade
Castlereagh
Longest Ruling Queen of England
Victoria
Beloved Husband of Victoria
Albert
Peterloo Massacre, Corn Law, Tory Prime Minister
Lord Liverpool
Plotted to blow up british cabinet: Hanged
Thistlewood
Liberal reforms in Britain
Sir Peel
Liberal: opened to all religion, secret ballot, supported irish home movement
Gladstone
Conservative, ease class antagonism, Public Health and Artist Dwelling Act
Disraeli
led Irish Land League, organized irish members of parliament
Parnell
Socialist, healthcare, unemployment benefits, Treaty of Versailles
David Lloyd George
First Labor Ministry
MacDonald
Appeasement of Hitler: Naive
Chamberlain
Prime Minister: Gallipoli, WWII, This is our finest hour!
Churchill