Practice Test 14 Flashcards
The reform act of 1832
Abolished old pocket and rotten boroughs and greatly increased the number of people with the right to vote. More parliamentary seats were given to towns and cities
Cross of st Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
Diagonal Red Cross on a white background
Capital cities of uk
London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast
Battle of bannockburn
English were defeated by Robert the Bruce in 1314
3 points about slavery
The quakers set up the first formal anti slavery groups, William Wilbeforce was an abolitionist and a MP. 1833 emancipation act.
National flower of wales
Daffodil, worn on st David’s day
WW1 ended
At 11am on 11 November 1918
Laurence Olivier awards
Annually in London, best director, actor, etc
The Speaker of the House of Commons
Remains a MP but is politically neutral although still represents a constituency
History of golf
15th century Scotland
Habeas Corpus
You must present the person in court. Guarantees no one can be held prisoner unlawfully.
Money from tv licence
Pays the BBC
System of government in uk
Parliamentary democracy
The Highland Clearance
Many Scottish landlords destroyed individual small farms (crofts) to make space for large flocks of sheep and cattle
2 international bodies uk belongs to
NATO, the commonwealth
