History of the United Kingdom - Quiz
A) 1 May 1707 B) 1 May 1714 C) 1 January 1800 D) 1 May 1700
A) Treaty of Versailles B) Treaty of Rastadt C) Treaty of Union D) Treaty of Utrecht
A) George II B) Queen Anne C) George I D) James II
A) Methodist Church B) Presbyterian Church of Scotland C) Baptist Church D) Roman Catholic Church
A) George I B) Robert Walpole C) G. M. Trevelyan D) John Erskine
A) American War of Independence B) Seven Years' War C) War of the Spanish Succession D) Napoleonic Wars
A) James II B) George III C) George I D) John Erskine
A) He refused to build an army B) He abolished the Parliament C) He started a war with France D) He focused on Hanover and surrounded himself with Germans
A) Napoleon Bonaparte B) John Erskine, Earl of Mar C) Robert Walpole D) James II
A) The Earl of Mar B) Queen Anne C) Robert Walpole D) George III
A) Prussia B) France C) Hanover D) Spain
A) George II B) George I C) James II D) George III
A) Australia B) Africa C) Canada D) India
A) Loss of the first British Empire B) Formation of the Union C) Defeat of Napoleon D) Start of the Industrial Revolution
A) He was exiled to France B) He was often insane C) He abdicated the throne D) He moved to India
A) French Revolutionary Wars B) Napoleonic Wars C) War of the Spanish Succession D) Seven Years' War
A) 1746 B) 1763 C) 1783 D) 1707
A) The Tories B) The Labour Party C) The Liberals D) The Whigs
A) Napoleon B) Disraeli C) Gladstone D) Palmerston
A) 1914 B) 1927 C) 1939 D) 1922
A) 1927 B) 1914 C) 1922 D) 1945
A) The Cold War formation B) The Irish Secession C) The Napoleonic defeat D) The Suez Crisis
A) The Conservative Party B) The Nationalist Party C) The Labour Party D) The Tory Party
A) 1945 B) 1973 C) 1990 D) 1956
A) 1973 B) 1990 C) 2016 D) 2020
A) To grant trade monopolies in South America B) To finance the British Navy C) To manage the Bank of England D) To expand colonial settlements in India
A) To facilitate slave trade in the Caribbean B) To discover gold in the South Seas C) To lower the national tax rate D) To renegotiate high-interest government loans
A) Six times B) Four times C) Once D) Twice
A) 1711–32 B) 1730–50 C) 1721–42 D) 1701–22
A) Rights for religious minorities B) The immediate end of all taxation C) The right to hold any public office D) The abolition of the Anglican Church
A) The practice of holding secret Catholic masses B) Nonconformists taking the Anglican sacrament once a year to hold office C) A law requiring citizens to pray daily D) Anglicans attending Nonconformist services
A) The Reform Act B) The Occasional Conformity Act C) The Bill of Rights D) The Toleration Act
A) Bernard Mandeville B) Adam Smith C) Clayton Roberts D) Robert Walpole
A) By legally prosecuting the offenders B) By specializing in sensationalistic stories C) By praising them as signs of wealth D) By ignoring them to maintain stability
A) Promoting the interests of the Catholic Church B) Ending the industrial revolution C) Increasing the power of the monarchy D) Guiding reform to prevent instability
A) Theft B) Treason C) Tax evasion D) Duelling
A) £8,000 B) £31 million C) £130 D) £1,000
A) 150 B) 100 C) 50 D) 137
A) Marine Corps B) Air Force C) Royal Navy D) Standing army
A) Mandatory conscription B) Relying solely on volunteers C) Drafting all adult males D) Hiring mercenaries or financing allies
A) In 1750 B) After 1790 C) In 1850 D) Before 1700
A) 10% B) 20% C) 5% D) 50%
A) Agriculture B) Electronics C) Textiles D) Automotive
A) The French Revolution B) The American Revolution C) The Industrial Revolution D) The Seven Years' War
A) Republican B) Jacobin C) Socialist D) Liberal
A) Edmund Burke B) The Prince of Wales C) Napoleon D) The King of France
A) 1790 B) 1815 C) 1700 D) 1756
A) France B) Spain C) Germany D) The United States
A) The Philippines B) Florida C) New France D) India
A) World's dominant colonial power B) Minor regional power C) Industrial colony D) Trade-restricted state
A) 1783 B) 1760 C) 1775 D) 1770
A) The Gordon Riots B) The Glorious Revolution C) The Great Fire D) The Storming of Parliament
A) James Cook B) Lord Cornwallis C) Joseph Banks D) Robert Clive
A) Adam Smith B) Robert Clive C) John Locke D) David Hume
A) 20% B) 80% C) 95% D) 50%
A) 22 August 1770 B) 22 August 1788 C) 10 October 1775 D) 15 May 1768
A) Joseph Banks B) James Cook C) Adam Smith D) Robert Clive
A) 1788 B) 1790 C) 1783 D) 1770
A) Anglican Reformers B) Roman Catholic hierarchy C) Protestant Ascendancy D) Irish nationalist leaders
A) 28 B) 50 C) 100 D) 10
A) Around 100 B) Around 200 C) Around 28 D) Around 50
A) They remained neutral B) They boycotted the vote C) They endorsed it D) They opposed it
A) They were made advisory councils B) They were reduced in power C) They were abolished D) They were merged into one body
A) Republic B) Constitutional monarchy C) Theocracy D) Absolute monarchy
A) Tropical diseases B) Shipwrecks C) Starvation D) Combat wounds
A) 1806 B) 1803 C) 1805 D) 1815
A) Waterloo B) Berlin C) Trafalgar D) Elba
A) Continental System B) French Trade Embargo C) Berlin Blockade D) The Napoleonic Decree
A) Prussia B) Austria C) Britain D) France
A) Battle of Waterloo B) Dos de Mayo Uprising C) The Continental System D) Treaty of Amiens
A) Elba B) Saint Helena C) Corsica D) Trafalgar
A) The Russian Tsar B) The Austrian Emperor C) Von Blücher D) Nelson
A) 1 million B) 450,000 C) 100,000 D) 300,000
A) £830 million B) £66 million C) £40 million D) £38 million
A) £679 million B) £450 million C) £830 million D) £100 million
A) £679 million B) £66 million C) £40 million D) £830 million
A) Income tax B) Requisitions from conquered lands C) National debt borrowing D) Private investor subsidies
A) January 1815 B) February 1815 C) December 1814 D) June 1812
A) Permanent defeat B) Full independence C) Territorial expansion D) Alliance with France
A) £40 million B) £38 million C) £66 million D) £10 million
A) A blockade of French ports B) Smuggling finished products into the continent C) Direct trade with Napoleon D) Reducing the national debt
A) The British Army B) Andrew Jackson C) The French Navy D) The Duke of Wellington
A) The colonial administration sector B) The rural sector C) The merchant shipping sector D) The urban manufacturing sector
A) Freedom of speech B) The right to bear arms C) Habeas Corpus D) Trial by jury
A) The Reform Act of 1832 B) The Peterloo Massacre C) The Napoleonic Wars D) The coronation of George IV
A) George IV B) George III C) Victoria D) William IV
A) 1821 B) 1832 C) 1837 D) 1826
A) Establishment of a republic B) Manhood suffrage C) Universal female suffrage D) Abolition of the monarchy
A) 21 B) 16 C) 25 D) 18
A) Regency era B) Georgian era C) Elizabethan era D) Edwardian era
A) The Great Exhibition B) The Victorian Fair C) The London Exposition D) The World's Fair
A) The industrial revolution B) The Whig reforms C) The Catholic emancipation movement D) Chartism
A) The Age of Reform B) The Imperial Age C) The Industrial Age D) Golden Years
A) The factory owners B) The working class C) The merchants D) The aristocracy
A) Railways B) Steam ships C) Telegraphs D) The airplane
A) 1829 B) 1867 C) 1891 D) 1851
A) Daniel O'Connell B) Joseph Chamberlain C) William Gladstone D) Charles Stewart Parnell
A) Potato blight B) The collapse of the wheat market C) A major drought D) Political sanctions
A) Daniel O'Connell B) Charles Stewart Parnell C) William Gladstone D) Joseph Chamberlain
A) The Reform Party B) Conservative Liberals C) The Home Rule League D) Liberal Unionists |
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