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The Hundred Years' War: Multiple Choice
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- 01The first phase of the war concluded with which 1360 treaty, that granted England sovereignty over large territories in France?
- 02The English army's success in early battles like Crécy and Poitiers was largely attributed to the superiority of what weapon?
- 03After the war ended in 1453, what was the only remaining English possession on the mainland of France?
- 04Joan of Arc famously led the French army to a momentous victory by lifting the siege of which city in 1429?
- 05The Hundred Years' War was a dynastic struggle between the English House of Plantagenet and which French royal house?
- 06Edward of Woodstock, a famed English military commander and son of Edward III, is better known by what nickname?
- 07A major peasant revolt in England in 1381, partly caused by the economic strain of the war, is known as what?
- 08Which French king was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and held for a massive ransom?
- 09The 1420 Treaty of Troyes disinherited the Dauphin Charles and named which English monarch as the heir to the French throne?
- 10The war is considered to have concluded in 1453 after a decisive French victory at which battle?
- 11The Hundred Years' War began primarily due to the dynastic claim of which English king to the French throne?
- 12Which English king achieved a legendary victory against a much larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?