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1
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When was Habeas Corpus made into law?

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1679

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2
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  • When does “EEC” stand for?
  • When was it formed?
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  • European Economic Community
  • 1957
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3
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  • What did the EEC become?
  • When did this happen?
  • When did the UK join in?
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  • The EU
  • 1993
  • Also 1993 (immediately when it was formed)
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4
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  • When was the N Ireland parliament last suspended?
  • When was it reinstated?
A
  • 2002
  • 2007
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5
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When did the Good Friday agreement happen?

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1998

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6
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When did the UK leave Iraq?

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2009

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7
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What year did the Black Death begin?

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1348

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8
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When was the Statute of Rhuddlan?

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1284

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9
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When did people begin to make Bronze?

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4,000 years ago

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10
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When did the Romans leave?

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410 BC

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11
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When is Agincourt?

A

1415

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12
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When does the English Civil War end?

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1646

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13
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When is Charles I executed?

A

1649

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14
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When is the restoration

A

1660

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15
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When is the Great Plague under Charles II?

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1665

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16
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When is the Great Fire of London?

A

166*

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17
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When does Ireland revolt against the Puritans During James I?

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1641

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18
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When does Charles II die

A

1685

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19
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When is the Battle of Boyne?

A

1690

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20
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When is the Bill of Rights?

A

1689

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21
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When do newspapers leave government control?

A

1695

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22
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When do the first Jews return to London?

A

1656

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23
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When do the Huguenots arrive?

A

1680 - 1720

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24
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When is the first Act of Union?

What does it do?

A

1707

Unites Scotland with already United Wales and England (Ireland is connected but still a separate country)

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25
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When is the first Union Jack flag created?

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1606

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26
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When does parliament invite George I to be king?

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1714

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27
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When is Robert Walpole prime minister?

A

1721-1742

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28
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When is the Battle of Culloden?

A

1745

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29
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When does it become illegal to transport slaves on British ships or through ports?

A

1807

30
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When is slavery completely abolished across the Empire?

A

1833

31
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under the act of ______ of [year] When is Ireland no longer a separate country?

A

Act of Union of 1800; goes into effect in 1801

32
Q

When is the fist curry house?

A

1810

33
Q

What law about work happens in the 1840s?

What is the exact year?

A

Women and children limited to 10hr work day in 1847

34
Q

The corn law was repealed in _____

A

1846

35
Q

During [timespan], ___ million Brits leave the country

A
  • 1853-1913
  • 13 million
36
Q

During [timespan], [number] of Polish and Russian Jews come to the UK to escape persecution

A
  • 1870 - 1914
  • 120,000
37
Q

The Great Exhibition is in [year], and takes place in [place]

A
  • 1851
  • Hyde Park
38
Q

When does Florence Nightingale open her Nursing training hospital?

A

1861

39
Q

When is the first Reform Act?

When is the second?

A

-1832

  • 1867
40
Q

On what TWO dates so women get the right to own their own earnings AND property

A
  • 1870
  • 1882
41
Q

When is the Bedvrige Report released?

A

1942

42
Q

When does Emmeline Parkhurst set up the Women’s Franchise League?

A

1889

43
Q

When does Emmeline Parkhurst set up Women’s Social & Political Union (WSPU)?

A

1903

44
Q

When is the Boer War?

A

1899-1902

45
Q

When does Rudyard Kipling win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

A

1907

46
Q

When are plans for Home Rule planned for Ireland by the British government?

A

1916

47
Q

When is the Easter Uprising in Ireland?

A

April 1916

48
Q

When is the Irish Peace Treaty signed?

A

1921

49
Q

In 1922, Ireland becomes ______

A

The Irish Free State

50
Q

What happens in Ireland in 1949?

A

It becomes the Republic of Ireland

51
Q

What year is the NHS established?

A

1948

52
Q

What year is R.A. Butler’s Education Act?

A

1944

53
Q

In 19___, people from the West Indies are invited to come work in post-war Britain

A
54
Q

When is the first radar test?

A

1935

55
Q

In what decade is the Turing machine developed?

A

1939s

56
Q

When was the structure of DNA discovered?

A

1953

57
Q

In what decade was the Jet Engine invented?

Who did it?

What did he do for a living?

A

1930s

Frank Whittle, an RAF pilot

58
Q

When was the hovercraft invented?

A

1950s

59
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  • When was the Concorde developed?
  • When did it take its first flight?
  • When did it retire?
A
  • 1969
  • 1976
  • 2003
60
Q

When was the first ATM introduced?

Where was it?

A
  • 1967
  • Barclays in Enfield
61
Q

When was Dolly cloned?

A

1996

62
Q

When was the World Wide Web invented?

A

Dec 25th, 1990

63
Q

When was the reformation?

A

1530s

64
Q

When was the beginnings of rugby?

A

Early 19thc

65
Q

When did horse racing begin in Britain?

A

Roman times

66
Q

When is the first motor race in Britain?

A

1902

67
Q

When is the first film publicly exhibited?

A

1896

68
Q

When was the Gian Causwsy formed?

A

50 million years ago

69
Q

In what time period (don’t need a specific year) was Edinburgh castle built?

A

Early Middle Ages

70
Q

When was punch magazine formed? (Decade)

A

1840s

71
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When was the first Prom organised by the BBC?

A

1927

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