british people Flashcards
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Minister of Finance in first Irish Parliament.
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Michael Collins
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Founded ‘The Squad’ to conduct assassinations.
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Michael Collins
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Led efforts against the Black and Tans and the Cairo Gang.
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Michael Collins
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Accepted Romanov Crown Jewels as collateral for a loan.
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Michael Collins
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Actions led to death of athlete Michael Hogan in Croke Park.
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Michael Collins
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Led Provisional Government of the Free State against anti-treaty Sinn Féin.
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Michael Collins
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Explained signing the treaty as the ‘freedom to achieve freedom.’
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Michael Collins
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Died after asking for directions in Bandon.
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Michael Collins
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Nicknamed ‘Big Fellow.’
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Michael Collins
10
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Signed the ‘No Rent Manifesto.’
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Released in the Kilmainham Treaty.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Broke with the Invincibles after Phoenix Park Killings.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Founded the Irish Parliamentary Party.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Affair with Katherine O’Shea led to political downfall.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Broke association with radicals Michael Davitt and John Devoy.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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‘New Departure’ plan separated militancy from Home Rule movement.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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First president of National Land League.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Letters forged by Richard Pigott linked him to a massacre.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Imprisoned through the Coercion Act.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Went on a diplomatic mission to America with John Dillon.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Commemorated on Ivy Day.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Responsible for the Railway Act of 1844.
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William Gladstone
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Resigned over the Maynooth Grant issue.
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William Gladstone
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Created a program for ‘Fallen Women.’
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William Gladstone
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Wrote letters about Naples prisons to the Earl of Aberdeen.
William Gladstone
26
Sent on a twelve-week mission to the Ionian Islands.
William Gladstone
27
Established free trade with France through the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty.
William Gladstone
28
Cardwell Reforms made flogging during peacetime illegal.
William Gladstone
29
Discussed the 'Bulgarian Horrors' in his Midlothian Campaign.
William Gladstone
30
Ordered bombing of Alexandria to suppress Urabi Revolt.
William Gladstone
31
Delayed rescue of General Gordon in Khartoum.
William Gladstone
32
Hawarden Kite press release supported Irish Home Rule.
William Gladstone
33
Introduced the secret ballot.
William Gladstone
34
Wrote anti-Catholic pamphlet 'The Vatican Decrees'.
William Gladstone
35
Passed the Third Reform Act.
William Gladstone
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Abolished paper duties.
William Gladstone
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Allowed Lord Chamberlain's censorship of plays in Licensing Act.
Robert Walpole
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Introduced 'sinking fund' to combat South Sea Bubble.
Robert Walpole
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Regime satirically known as 'Robinocracy.'
Robert Walpole
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Member of the Kit-Cat Club.
Robert Walpole
41
William Pulteney led 'Patriot Whigs' against this man.
Robert Walpole
42
Popularity hurt after commuting John Porteous.
Robert Walpole
43
Saved Stanhope and Sunderland from prosecution.
Robert Walpole
44
Helped stop Christopher Layer in the Atterbury Plot.
Robert Walpole
45
Resigned after Cartagena de Indias.
Robert Walpole
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Resigned after mishandling Chanak Crisis.
Lloyd George
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Pushed for a land tax in People’s Budget.
Lloyd George
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Gave Mansion House Speech deriding German aggression.
Lloyd George
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Purchased cheap shares of Marconi company with Rufus Isaacs.
Lloyd George
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Introduced National Insurance Act of 1911.
Lloyd George
51
Almost lynched for opposition to Boer War.
Lloyd George
52
Quoted Oliver Cromwell 'In the name of God, go!' to this man.
Neville Chamberlain
53
Attacked in book 'Guilty Men' under pseudonym 'Cato.'
Neville Chamberlain
54
Said England was done with 'Bleak House' and moving onto 'Great Expectations.'
Neville Chamberlain
55
Pushed for 'Imperial Preference' policy of his father.
Neville Chamberlain
56
Brother Austen won Nobel Peace Prize for Locarno Pact.
Neville Chamberlain
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Ended use of Treaty Ports in agreement with Eamon de Valera.
Neville Chamberlain
58
Handling of Phony War criticized.
Neville Chamberlain
59
Lord Halifax replaced Anthony Eden in this man’s cabinet.
Neville Chamberlain
60
Presided over 'Khaki Election.'
Neville Chamberlain
61
Waved a piece of paper at Heston Aerodrome.
Neville Chamberlain
62
Established Unemployment Assistance Board.
Neville Chamberlain
63
Presented with the Godesberg memorandum.
Neville Chamberlain
64
Heavily criticized in Norway Debates.
Neville Chamberlain
65
Declared 'I have friends in this house.'
Neville Chamberlain
66
Succeeded Stanley Baldwin.
Neville Chamberlain
67
Signed an agreement with Edouard Daladier.
Neville Chamberlain
68
Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 'Who? Who? Ministry'.
Disraeli
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Took a loan from Rothschilds to purchase a controlling share of Suez Canal Company.
Disraeli
70
His Royal Titles Act made Queen Victoria Empress of India.
Disraeli
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Authorized Robert Napier to launch a campaign against Tewodoros II in Ethiopia.
Disraeli
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Inspired 'One Nation' political faction within his party.
Disraeli
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Attacked in Midlothian Campaign.
Disraeli
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Passed Reform Act of 1867.
Disraeli
75
Wrote about Chartist movement in novel 'Sybil'.
Disraeli
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Inspired the 'One Nation' movement.
Disraeli
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Successor was Lord Salisbury.
Disraeli
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Wrote about unification of Italy in novel 'Lothair'.
Disraeli
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Served thrice as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby’s minority governments.
Disraeli
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Primrose League founded in his honor.
Disraeli
81
Wanted to build the 'Cape to Cairo' railroad.
Cecil Rhodes
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Business partner Charles Rudd convinced King Lobengula to concede Matabeland's resources.
Cecil Rhodes
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Diamond magnate who names an Oxford scholarship.
Cecil Rhodes
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Cartoon depicts him holding up a telegraph line.
Cecil Rhodes
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Personal secretary Edmund Drummond killed by lumberjack Daniel M’Naghten.
Robert Peel
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Issued Tamworth Manifesto, outlining principles of Conservative Party.
Robert Peel
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Founded Metropolitan Police Service, causing them to be named 'bobbies'.
Robert Peel
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Refused to replace Lord Melbourne during Bedchamber Crisis.
Robert Peel
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Repealed Corn Laws.
Robert Peel
90
Carried out Emancipation Act as home secretary to Arthur Wellesley.
Robert Peel
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Bedchamber Crisis began after this politician refused to form a government after Lord Melbourne's resignation.
Robert Peel
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Purchased American maize during his second term after the start of the Irish Potato Famine.
Robert Peel
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Succeeded the Duke of Wellington.
Robert Peel
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Demanded replacing ladies-in-waiting of previous PM.
Robert Peel
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First government failed after the organization of the Lichfield House Compact.
Robert Peel
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Credited with founding the Conservative Party.
Robert Peel
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Westland Helicopters affair led to resignation of Michael Heseltine.
Margaret Thatcher
98
Patrick Magee attempted to assassinate this leader.
Margaret Thatcher
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Made patriotic 'Britain Awake' speech.
Margaret Thatcher
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Came to power due to Winter of Discontent in predecessor Callaghan's rule.
Margaret Thatcher
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Strike of coal miners during tenure known as Battle of Orgreave.
Margaret Thatcher
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Passed an ordinance banning 'flying pickets'.
Margaret Thatcher
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Clashed with Arthur Scargill and mineworkers striking.
Margaret Thatcher
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'Big Bang' was the sudden deregulation of the London Stock Exchange under this PM.
Margaret Thatcher
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Called 'milk snatcher' because of cutting a program of free milk.
Margaret Thatcher
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Appointed Lord Carrington as Foreign Secretary.
Margaret Thatcher
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Lost popularity due to Community Charge, a poll tax.
Margaret Thatcher
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Succeeded by John Major.
Margaret Thatcher
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Patrick Magee of the Provisional IRA attempted to assassinate this leader.
Margaret Thatcher
110
Established 'Community Charge' which was basically a poll tax.
Margaret Thatcher
111
Resigned in wake of the Suez Crisis.
Anthony Eden
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Resigned as Foreign Secretary after Munich Agreement.
Anthony Eden
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'Law Not War' rally led against this man at Trafalgar Square.
Anthony Eden
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Succeeded Churchill after his second term.
Anthony Eden
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Successor faced Profumo Affair.
Anthony Eden
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Modified Clause IV of this party’s constitution.
Tony Blair
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Signed Good Friday Agreement.
Tony Blair
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Sent Britain into War on Terror.
Tony Blair
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Described as being George W. Bush's 'poodle'.
Tony Blair
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One treaty signed established border at Watling Street.
Alfred the Great
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Welsh monk Asser wrote his biography.
Alfred the Great
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Compiled law code known as 'Doom Book'.
Alfred the Great
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Defeated 'Great Heathen Army' led by Guthrum.
Alfred the Great
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'Burhs' constructed described by Burghal Hidage.
Alfred the Great
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Brother of Aethelred the Unready.
Alfred the Great
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Book compiled by this man begins with translation of Ten Commandments.
Alfred the Great
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Lost a battle to Halfdan Ragnarsson.
Alfred the Great
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Formalized area known as Danelaw after one victory.
Alfred the Great
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Ordered release of Edward Courtenay and Stephen Gardiner from prison.
Mary I
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Wyatt's Rebellion led against this ruler.
Mary I
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Had several phantom pregnancies in years before death.
Mary I
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Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley part of Oxford Martyrs under this ruler.
Mary I
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Appointed Reginald Pole as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Mary I
134
Remarked 'When I am dead and opened, you will find Calais written on my heart'.
Mary I
135
Secretary David Rizzio's murder organized by Lord Darnley.
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Reluctance to marry initiated War of the Rough Wooing.
Mary, Queen of Scots
137
Casket Letters used to prosecute this ruler.
Mary, Queen of Scots
138
Abducted and taken to Dunbar Castle by Earl of Bothwell.
Mary, Queen of Scots
139
Supported by the Rising of the North.
Mary, Queen of Scots
140
Babington Plot failed to place this ruler on the throne.
Mary, Queen of Scots
141
Defeated at Battle of Langside.
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Abdicated after Encounter of Carberry Hill.
Mary, Queen of Scots
143
Francis Throckmorton burned at the stake.
Mary, Queen of Scots
144
Francis Walsingham uncovered plot to place this leader on the throne.
Mary, Queen of Scots
145
Lost Battle of Worcester.
Charles II
146
George Monck allowed for this man's restoration after ending Rump Parliament.
Charles II
147
Actor and mistress Nell Gwyn called 'poor Nelly'.
Charles II
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Agreed to Test Act as part of Clarendon Code.
Charles II
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Advised by the 'Cabal'.
Charles II
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Titus Oates fabricated threat of Popish Plot, leading to the death of fifteen Catholics.
Charles II
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth attempted to assassinate this leader in the Rye House Plot.
Charles II
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Chief Minister Edward Hyde.
Charles II
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Drafted Document of Breda, pardoning everyone except those who executed his father.
Charles II
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Francis Bigod led a failed rebellion against this monarch.
Henry VIII
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Robert Aske led Pilgrimage of Grace against this ruler.
Henry VIII
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Reaggravated infection from jousting accident at Siege of Boulogne.
Henry VIII
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Advised by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
Henry VIII
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Opposed by Thomas More.
Henry VIII
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Meeting with Francis I at Field of Cloth of Gold.
Henry VIII
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Dissolution of monasteries spearheaded by Thomas Cromwell.
Henry VIII
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Final words 'Monks! Monks! Monks!'.
Henry VIII
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Successor to John Balliol.
Robert I
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Treaty of Northampton signed with Edward II.
Robert I
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Pope Clement V excommunicated this man.
Robert I
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Rival of John 'the Red' Comyn.
Robert I
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Secured decisive victory at Battle of Bannockburn.
Robert I
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James Gillray satirized this monarch in several cartoons.
George III
168
Son introduced Pains and Penalties Bill to control Caroline of Brunswick.
George III
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PM William Grenville created 'Ministry of All the Talents' under his rule.
George III
170
Walls of Newgate Prison painted with the words 'His Majesty, King Mob'.
George III
171
Spencer Perceval first PM to be assassinated under this monarch.
George III
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Disapproved of minister Charles James Fox.
George III
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Obtained the right to veto unsuitable marriages through Royal Marriages Act.
George III
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Faced anti-Catholic Gordon Riots.
George III
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Ruled during ministry of William Pitt the Younger.
George III
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John Wilkes arrested for satirizing this man in the North Briton newspaper.
George III
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Signed Treaty of Nonsuch with the Netherlands.
Elizabeth I
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Pope Pius V issued Regnans in Excelsis to excommunicate this ruler.
Elizabeth I
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Faced Dacre, Neville, and Percy families in Rising of the North.
Elizabeth I
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Gave Golden Speech.
Elizabeth I
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Served by spymaster Francis Walsingham.
Elizabeth I
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Protected by Bond of Association, authorizing execution of anyone attempting to usurp throne.
Elizabeth I
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Dubbed a 'servant of crime'.
Elizabeth I
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Robert Dudley served as council and was a suitor of this leader.
Elizabeth I
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Said 'I have the heart and stomach of a king' in Tilbury Speech.
Elizabeth I
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Shielded from world through John Conroy’s Kensington System.
Victoria
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Threatened to abdicate to pressure Disraeli to act in Russo-Turkish War.
Victoria
188
Lord Melbourne first PM during this leader’s reign.
Victoria
189
One prime minister’s resignation led to Bedchamber Crisis.
Victoria
190
Edward Oxford tried to assassinate this leader.
Victoria
191
Robert Pate hit this leader on the head.
Victoria
192
Called 'Famine Queen'.
Victoria
193
Succeeded Edward the Confessor.
Harold Godwinson
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Beat his own brother Tostig at Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Harold Godwinson
195
Won Battle of Fulford.
Harold Godwinson
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Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria.
Harold Godwinson
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Captured by Guy of Ponthieu after a shipwreck.
Harold Godwinson
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Fought in Battle of Dinant against Conan II.
Harold Godwinson
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Wife was Anne Neville.
Richard III
200
Remains found under a parking lot.
Richard III
201
Brother George, Duke of Clarence, married to Elizabeth Woodville.
Richard III
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Successor of Edward IV.
Richard III
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Governor of the Council of the North.
Richard III
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One part of War of Quadruple Alliance aimed to overthrow this monarch.
George I
205
South Sea Bubble occurred during this monarch’s reign.
George I
206
Whigs cemented power through passage of Septennial Act.
George I
207
Suppressed Old Pretender’s usurpation in Battle of Preston.
George I
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Faced first of the Jacobite Uprisings.
George I
209
Revived Order of the Bath.
George I
210
Convened Hampton Court Conference.
James I
211
Ministers signed Millenary Petition against this ruler.
James I
212
Wrote a book on witchcraft, Daemonologie.
James I
213
Faced threat of Gunpowder Plot.
James I
214
Robert Catesby sought to replace this man.
James I
215
Kidnapped during Ruthven Raid as an adolescent.
James I
216
Suspected lover of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
James I
217
Dealt with the Addled Parliament.
James I
218
Attempted to marry his son to the Infanta Maria in 'Spanish Match'.
James I
219
Anthony Weldon dubbed him the 'wisest fool in Christendom'.
James I
220
Isaac Komnenos took sister Joan and fiancée Berengaria prisoner.
Richard the Lionheart
221
Coronation saw the death of Jacob of Orleans.
Richard the Lionheart
222
Conquered Cyprus in 1191.
Richard the Lionheart
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Won Battle of Arsuf.
Richard the Lionheart
224
Unsuccessfully rebelled against father Henry II.
Richard the Lionheart
225
Led with Philip II on one campaign.
Richard the Lionheart
226
Captured and ransomed by Leopold of Austria.
Richard the Lionheart
227
Tory Robert Harley held great influence on this monarch.
Anne I
228
Feuded with wife Sarah Churchill of general John, Duke of Marlborough.
Anne I
229
Endured thirteen miscarriages out of eighteen.
Anne I
230
Death sparked passage of the Act of Settlement.
Anne I
231
Pope Innocent III invalidated one document signed by this man.
John I
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Rebelled while his brother was returning from the Third Crusade.
John I
233
Innocent III excommunicated this leader due to not recognizing Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury.
John I
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Defeated rival claimant Arthur of Brittany at Battle of Mirebeau.
John I
235
Sparked First Barons' War after violating one treaty.
John I
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Lost the Battle of Bouvines.
John I
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Robert FitzWalter accused this monarch of seducing daughter Matilda.
John I
238
Stole Isabelle d’Angoulême, fiancée of Hugh de Lusignan.
John I
239
Won Battle of Falkirk.
Edward I
240
Captured William Wallace.
Edward I
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Won the Second Barons' War.
Edward I
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Won Battle of Evesham with Gilbert de Clare.
Edward I
243
Remonstrances issued in complaint against this man.
Edward I
244
Edict of Expulsion expelled Jews from England.
Edward I
245
'Hammer of the Scots'.
Edward I
246
'English Justinian' forced the abdication of John Balliol.
Edward I
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Lost at Battle of Stirling Bridge.
Edward I
