A) The Parliament of England B) The Scottish Parliament C) The Parliament of Scotland D) The Estates
A) It forced Scotland to accept the English choice B) It formally adopted Sophia of Hanover as the successor C) It declared the throne vacant D) It allowed the Estates to choose a successor different from England's
A) To force free trade between England and Scotland B) To pressure Scotland into accepting the Hanoverian succession C) To dissolve the Scottish Parliament D) To declare war on France
A) The Kingdom of Great Britain B) The British Empire C) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland D) The Anglo-Scottish Confederation
A) By hereditary right B) By invitation of the Tories C) By parliamentary decree D) By military conquest
A) She died of a stroke in London B) She died during a sea voyage C) She died in a battle in Germany D) She collapsed in the gardens at Herrenhausen
A) Refusal by the British Parliament B) Illness C) War with France D) Contrary winds
A) It was held in Hanover B) It was boycotted by the Whigs C) He refused to take the oath D) Rioting occurred in over twenty towns
A) It was ignored by the King B) It was strictly enforced C) It was amended to allow only one trip D) It was repealed in 1716
A) Robert Walpole B) John Erskine, Earl of Mar C) The Prince of Wales D) James Francis Edward Stuart
A) He abolished the Scottish Parliament B) He acted with leniency and invested in schools C) He exiled all Scottish noblemen D) He ordered the execution of all rebels
A) To extend the maximum duration of Parliament to seven years B) To force an early general election C) To limit the power of the Whigs D) To ban the Tory party
A) A dispute over the baptismal sponsors of a child B) The Prince's support for the Jacobites C) A disagreement over foreign policy D) The King's refusal to give the Prince an allowance
A) Spain conquered Great Britain B) France became a British colony C) The Spanish and French thrones remained separate D) The Jacobites took the throne
A) Spain B) Eilean Donan C) Sweden D) Bremen-Verden
A) 23 January 1714 B) 10 February 1695 C) 23 January 1698 D) 15 January 1701
A) Gottfried Leibniz B) John Churchill C) Louis XIV D) Philip of Spain
A) James II B) George I C) Sophia D) William III
A) Thirty-five B) Fifty-six C) Twelve D) Seventy-one
A) 1698 B) 1713 C) 1705 D) 1701
A) Bavaria B) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel C) Spain D) France
A) 1706 B) 1709 C) 1701 D) 1707
A) 1710 B) 1707 C) 1713 D) 1709
A) 23 January 1698 B) 28 May 1660 C) 11 June 1727 D) 1 August 1714
A) Two children B) One son and one daughter C) Three daughters D) No children
A) 1714 B) 1727 C) 1694 D) 1682
A) James Francis Edward Stuart B) Robert Walpole C) George II D) Ernest Augustus
A) Osnabrück B) Brunswick C) London D) Hanover
A) George II B) Frederick Augustus C) James Francis Edward Stuart D) Ernest Augustus
A) James B) Frederick Augustus C) Ernest D) George William
A) Georgie B) Gustchen C) Görgen D) Louis
A) Twenty B) Ten C) Fifteen D) Eighteen
A) British common law B) Roman law C) Primogeniture law D) Salic law
A) 1660 B) 1714 C) 1698 D) 1682
A) George II B) Ernest Augustus C) George William D) James Francis Edward Stuart
A) Hanover Palace B) Iburg Castle C) Schloss Osnabrück D) Brunswick Castle
A) 1692 B) 1687 C) 1694 D) 1682
A) Sophia Dorothea B) Sophia C) Melusine von der Schulenburg D) Eleonore
A) Frederick Augustus B) George William C) Don Nicolò Montalbano D) Philip Christoph von Königsmarck
A) 1,000,000 thalers B) 1,500 thalers C) 150,000 thalers D) 15,000 thalers
A) Constitutional monarch B) Parliamentary monarch C) Absolute monarch D) Ceremonial monarch
A) Tories B) Jacobites C) Whigs D) Liberals
A) Lord Stanhope B) Lord Sunderland C) Lord Townshend D) Charles Stanhope
A) Lord Townshend B) Lord Stanhope C) Lord Sunderland D) Robert Walpole
A) £150 B) £1,050 C) £128 D) £500
A) Peerage Act B) South Sea Act C) Financial Reform Act D) Bubble Act
A) August B) November C) September D) June
A) Lord Stanhope B) Robert Walpole C) Lord Townshend D) Lord Sunderland |