Life in uk test proper

What are the crown dependencies

Channel islands and isle of man

When did britain first become separated from europe’s continent

10000 years

Where is stonehenge located

wiltshire

Skara brae orkney

best preserved historic site in northern europe

Which roman leader invaded britain in 55 bc

Julius caesar

Which roman leader conquered britain

Claudius

Which roman leader built a wall on the scottish border

Hadrian

How long did the romans remain in britain

400 years

When did the romans leave britain

410 ad

What language is the basis for modern day english

Anglo saxon

Where was the anglo saxon king buried

Sutton hoo suffolk

When did christian missionaries first come to britain

During anglo saxon rule (st patrick was the most famous one)

Who was the first archbishop of canterbury

st augustine

When did the vikings arrive in britain

789 ad

Who defeated the vikings and united the anglo saxons

King alfred the great

Danish king who ruled britian

Canute

Who united the scots against the vikings

kenneth mcalpin (it was during this time that scotland was used as a name)

1066

battle of hastings, harold defeated by william

Domesday book

William had a book created to account for land people owned

Statute of rhudlan 1284

Edward I annexed wales

Battle of bannockburn

Robert the bruce defeated the english

100 years war (116 years)

Fought against france. Battle of agincourt 1415 henry v defeated the french

Feudalism

Normans introduced it to britain to divide lands between lords

black plague

huge plague in 1348 1/3 of population died

Magna carta

In 1215 the noblemen forced king john to limit the king’s powers

parliament

Created due to magna carter and scotland have three houses called estates

Geoffrey chaucer

wrote poems about travellers called the canterbury tales

William caxton

First person in england to print books using the printing press

John arbour

wrote the bruce (battle of bannockburn)

York minister glass

Stained church glass telling bible stories

1455-1485 (battle of bosworthfield)

War of roses took place house of lancaster and york fought Henry vII killed Richard III and married his niece Elizabeth. They formed house tudor.

jeyne seymour

Mother of henry VIII only son edward VI

Who fought with the pope and established the church of england

Henry VIII as he wanted to divorce his wife

Who contributed to the rise of protestanism in the 16th century

Henry VIII

Act for government of wales

Wales formally unites with england in the reign of Henry VIII

Who wrote the book of common prayer

Edward VI

Who reinstated the church of england

Elizabeth the I

1588

Spanish armada defeated

1560 scotland

protestanism took over and the pope’s authority was abolished

Who’s ship was the goldenhind

Sir francis drake (first to sail around world)

Who succeeded Elizabeth I

James the I of england

When was Ireland fully conquered

Henry VII and VIII extended english control into ireland and introduced laws there

Who ruled without parliament for 11 years

Charles I

First monarch to enter house of commons

Charles I tried to arrest leaders of parliament

battle of morston moor

Charles I lost to parliament in battle

battle of dunbar and worcester

Oliver cromwell defeated Charles II and the scots

Who famously hid in an oak tree

Charles II at the battle of worcester

1665

st pauls cathedral destroyed by great fire

Habeus corpus act 1679

Every prisoner has right to court hearing

Who was king during the glorious revolution

William the III

Battle of boyne 1690

William III defeated James II in ireland

Bill of rights 1689

Gives parliament rights and limits king’s power

Act union of 1707

Created the kingdom of great britain

First priminister of britain

Sir Robert walpole

Who created the song hogmanay

Robert bard burns

Richard arkright

improved carding machine (textiles)

Sean mahomet

Opened the first curry house in britain and introduced shampooing

First anti slavery group

Quakers

Emancipation act 1833

Abolished slavery in the british empire

1776

Colonies declared independance from the british in america

battle of trafalgar 1805

Admiral nelson defeated napoleon

battle of waterloo 1815

Napoleon was defeated by wellington

How many people left britain during the victorian age

13 million people left

Who pioneered the railway system

George and robert stephenson

Isambard brunel

Built the great western railway

Crimean war

Queen victoria introduced the victoria cross to honour soldiers for their bravery

Florence nightingale

Modern founder of nursing and opened the nightingale training school

Reform act 1832

increased number of people who could vote

Emmeline pankhurst

Founded the WSPU

Women voting rights

1918 women over 30 given right to vote in 1928 given right at age 21

boer war

raise questions about the morality of the british empire

Rudyard kipling

Pushed ideas that the empire was good wrote the jungle book

france ferdinand

Assasinated june 28 1914

battle of somme july 1916

60000 british casaulties in first day

WWI end

November 11 1918

1922 partition of ireland

After easter uprising a peace treaty was signed and ireland was split into two parts

Car owner ship

between 1930 and 39 car ownership doubled from 1- 2 million

Dunkirk spirit

300000 soldiers evacuated by locals with boats in dukirk france

battle of britain 1940

Britain won the aerial warfare against the germans

blitz

destroyed coventry and parts of east end of london

June 6 1944

DDay invasion normandy france

Alexander fleming

Discovered penicillin and won a nobel peace prize in 1945

labour leader in 1945

Clement atlee

William beveridge

Best known for the beveridge report which sought to fight the 5 giant evils

R A butler

Education act 1944 introduced free secondary school

1969 troubles

Fighting in Ireland against the british government parliament. Ireland parliament dissolved in 1972

When did the uk leave the european union

January 31th 2020

First female priminister of uk

Margeret thatcher

Which government introduced the scottish and welsh assemblies

The blair government

Who signed the good friday agreement 1998

Blair

When was the referendum for the european union held

june 23 2016

What population of the uk has parents or grandparents from outside the uk

10%

Uk population distrubution

ENG 84% Scot 8% Wal 5% NIR 3%

Archbishop of canterbury

Leader of church of england. Monarch can choose them but normally appointed by priminister.

Easter holidays

Good friday and following monday are public holidays

Lent

40 days before easter