country studies britain part 3

What is the name of a religious reform movement that sought to "purify" the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic elements?

What was another name for the Quakers?

Who founded the Royal Society in 166

When was the Bank of England established?

Who was declared as the heir to the English throne after Queen Anne?

What important event happened during George's reign in 1715?

Who was the first Prime Minister of the Great Britain?

When did the second Jacobite rising happen?

When did the Seven Years' War start?

What two Canadian cities did the British conquer in the French and Indian War?

Who was the wartime political leader of Britain in the Seven Years' War?

The American Revolution happened during ____'s reign

What was the name of the acts that prohibited labour unions in Great Britain?

When did Ireland become united with Britain?

Which British Admiral destroyed the French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar in 18

Who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in Belgium in 1815?

Who were opposed to new technology?

Who is the second longest serving monarch in Great Britain?

Where did the first congress of trade unions meet in 1868?

In what year was voting carried out in secret for the first time?

When did the First Anglo-Afghan War happen?

Britain occupied ____ in 1882.

Which Scottish explorer "opened" Africa to Christianity, to European ideas and to European trade?

When was The Labour party formally established?

All men aged 21 and some women over 3

When was the Anglo-Irish Treaty concluded?

When did Eamon de Valera declare Southern Ireland a republic?

When did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister?

What is another name for D-Day?

When did D-Day start exactly?

To prevent World War III, the ____ was created in 1945.

Which US Aid Programme helped Britain to recover quickly after WWII?

Which British monarch refused to leave Buckingham Palace during WWII?

When did Britain leave its Indian colonies?

When was the British Commonwealth of Nations formed?

Where did a nationalist rebellion against British rule break out in 1969?

Who was the first woman Prime Minister in Britain?

When was Britain's first female Prime Minister elected?

What was the name for the largest industrial dispute in Britain's history which happened in 1926?

The Labour party won 191 seats in Parliament in ____.