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British History: Empires, Monarchs, and Revolutions: Multiple Choice
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- 01The Battle of Hastings in 1066, which marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule in England, was won by forces led by whom?
- 02The Acts of Union 1707 united the Kingdom of England with which other kingdom to form the Kingdom of Great Britain?
- 03Boudica was a queen of which Celtic tribe who led a major uprising against the occupying Roman forces?
- 04Which queen reigned over the British Empire during its period of greatest expansion in the 19th century, an era named after her?
- 05The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought between which two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet?
- 06In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?
- 07Who was the reigning monarch of England during the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588?
- 08The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in the overthrow of which Catholic king?
- 09Who was the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the English Civil War?
- 10Who was the British Prime Minister that led the country through the majority of World War II?
- 11Which English monarch was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?
- 12The Battle of Agincourt, a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War, was won under the command of which king?