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Why did vikings invade in 793

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Terrain was better in England than Scandinavia

This led to mass immigration to uk from vikings

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When was the battle of eddington and what happened

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  1. First Viking loss. Led to peace treaty where Viking would convert to Christianity and to stop taking over Britain instead there would be a split.
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What was the Viking half of England called

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The Dane law

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What did Alfred feel after 878

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He became the king of England unanimously and made everybody read and write.

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What are birs

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Structures to stop vikings invading

Birs later became castles

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What happened after Alfred

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Son Edward took over and continues legacy

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Who was aethelred

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12 yr old king

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What did awthelred do for the Vikings

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Paid them so they wouldn’t invade him as the Vikings were invading frequently. However the Vikings came back

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Who did aethelred marry

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Emma Duke of normandy

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How much did aethelred pay the Vikings to leave him alone

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1.8 million in todays money

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What happened in 1002 and aethelred

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Mass murder innocent Vikings in the Dane law to deter the Vikings that would come for him for money

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What mistake did aethelred make in his massacre in 1002

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Killed fawkbeard sister, wich led to fawkbeard taking over england in anger as athelred escaped in fear

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Who is king fawkbeard son

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King Cnut

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What did king Cnut do for England

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Established them as danish colony, became part of the North Sea empire.
Cnut had unified England

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Was Cnut liked and why

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Yes, king Cnut was church man who stopped wars in England.

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Who did Cnut marry

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Emma of Normandy - athelred ex wife

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What did Norman’s do in Britain

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Lots of castles

Made French a main language

Controlled Britain with iron fist

Lots of churches

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What did William give to his kids

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Oldest England
Middle Normandy
Youngest nothing

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What did Henry II do to further his great grandads legacy

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Invade Ireland

Marry Eleanor of acquitane

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What is acquitane

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Acquitane is rich part of France that Henry married into

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What is Angevin empire

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Was the Norman kingdom but increased to whole of Britain and France instead of Normandy and Britain

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Who was king John

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Henry II youngest

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What mistake did John make

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Tried to overtake his brother - ended up fighting himself as brother died- bad fighter and lost lots of England

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What did John do to make up for his mistakes

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Raised taxes in England

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Who did John work with
Phillip 2nd
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What was johns nick name due to his bad leading
Softsword
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What was 100 yrs war
Edward claimed to be king of France as his uncle was king of France
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What was happening in Bordeaux during hyw
England were making lots of money in wine. France threatened to steal and invade
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Why did hyw last so long
War costs money. When they would run out they would truce until they had again. This became cycle
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What were three stages of hundred year war
Stage 1 : Edward third capturing land in France Stage 2 : France winning back the land they lost- which made the war become equal again Stage 3 : Joan of arc becomes well known leader for France in this war - which France eventually become overall winners and win back the whole of France
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What was conclusion of hyw
France winning everything back England losing all of France - modern day France
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What were Jon of arc origins
Peasant girl
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Why did Joan of arc protest for liberation of France in hyw
Heard voices when she was 13 from st Michael instructing her to support king of France
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What was battle of ajincore
Henry v manage to defeat French who were stuck in mud so they couldn’t move
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How many French troops die in agincore
7k-10k French loss 100 England loss
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How did the hyw effect Britain and its citizens
People living in squalor poor people fields ransacked Bad living environment
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What did hyw cause for economy
Taxes had to be raised
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What were positive impacts of hyw
England became very good at war and military due to experience Intro of canons and guns England became nationalist
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Who is John cabbotvand what did he find
He found modern day Canada also known as Newfoundland which Britain claimed
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What did Britain do when they found America and the Caribbean
Colonized the shot out of it
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Why was religion a factor in the colonialzarion of America
England weee in competition with Spain which caused them to want to further push Protestant ideals instead of letting Spain push catholic ideals
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Why were people moving to Caribbean
Business opportunities Religious reasons
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What did privateers job change to
It changed to killing pirates as Britain were losing lots of money from em
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What is the triangle trade
Manafactured goods from Europe would be sent to Africa and traded for kidnapped Africans who would then be sent to America who would be slavers and cotton and tobacco was then sent back to England to be sold
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How much did Britain profit from slave trade
60 million pound in span of 40 yrs
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What was Manchester called due to the trade
Corronopilis
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What did slave trade cause the citizens to think
That white men were more important and better
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What was Jamestown
First colony in Virginia - made by sir Walter raleigh- purpose to find gold -
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What happened to colonists in James town
Started to die out cause they didn’t know how to live Got help from indigenous tribes
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Who were the pilgrim fathers
Puritans People who went to America just to live freely Tried to set up a place to live named new Plymouth Profited of fishing
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Who was rownow
Man who killed colonist cause he thought they were hurting the earth
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How much were indigenous tribes affected
500k in 1500 - 280k in 1700
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What was navigation laws
Britain putting tax on anything that was exported from America Hurt many independent colonies who strayed away from Britain
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What was stamp act
Britain made Americans pay for every official piece of paper they used
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What was Boston tea party
Britain taxed tea So Americans dressed up as indigenous people and dumped 11000 lbs of tea in harbour Began war of independence
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What is Guerilla warfare
Style of war Americans used Sneak attacks
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Who was leading the war for independence
George Washington
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Why did uk loose
Because the ships would take a long time to get to America making it hard to sustain in the war
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What were Huguenots
Group of people living in France who are Protestants living in predominantly catholic country
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Who was martin Luther
Man who called out catholisism causing rise of Protestantism
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What is st bartholemews massacre
Where Huguenots massacred 1k Which led to Huguenots moving to uk
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What affect did huegenors have on Britain
They integrated and thrived in industries strengthening the economy
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What did James I do in Ireland to get the people to like him
Planted Protestant families This caused tension and problems later for Ireland
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What were highland clearances
Where James kicked out many catholics in Scotland cause they didn’t like him. Led to rate of 2k evictions a day of families
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What did highland clearance lead to
Scots moving to America and the careibean
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What did Vasco de garma do
Found efficient route to India such led to more trading and colonisation
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What did European countries set up in India
Trading stations
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What did Robert clive do
Go to war with princes in India to take land
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What is Indian rebellion
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What were Sikh boys
Men in India who were used as police and army against India hired by Britain seen as lesser
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What was grease cartridge
Used to make guns more efficient
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Why was grease cartridge controversial
Caused si poy to go against religion as the cartridges were covered in cow fat and pork fat
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What was punishment for not using cartridges
Imprisonment for 10 yrs
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What did Britain do in retaliation to India’s massacre of women
70000 troops to India to massacre the indians
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What did Britain do in retaliation to India’s massacre of women
70000 troops to India to massacre the Indians
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What did Britain do with dead Indian bodies
Wrap them in pig skin and cow skin and bury them
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What did Britain do with dead Indian bodies
Wrap them in pig skin and cow skin and bury them
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What is birding conference
Where European countries came together and decided what part of Africa they want
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What is maxim gun
First machine gun used against African tribes
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Who was Cecil thoades
Thought Britain was superior and thought that it was evolutionary correct for Britain to take over the world
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Who was Benjamin Disraeli
Person who bought Suez Canal
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What did Britain buy in 1882
All pst offices and ports in egypt
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How long did boer wars last
1899-1902
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What is scorch earth policy
Where Britain couldn’t kill boers so burnt down all of their land and crop
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How many troops did uk send to spit sfrica
500k
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What did Britain notice about the boers they were hiring for their army
They were malnourished so 1/3 couldn’t weren’t fit to fight
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When was disease that killed potato’s found
1846
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What was immigration act in 1950
Where Britain only allowed people in that had job already lined up for them

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