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