British Studies - Quiz Three
When was the Royal Society founded?
1662
In which year did the 'Glorious Revolution' take place?
1688
What year did the Battle of the Boyne take place?
1690
The Act of Union, which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain (uniting England and Scotland), was passed in which year?
1707
When was the Battle of Culloden fought?
1746
The Act of Union which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was passed in which year?
1801
What was the name of the organisation that monopolised Britain's trade with India in the 18th century?
East India Trading Company
The Agricultural Revolution was characterised by which of the following? A. Enclosure B. Envelopment C. Encroachment
Enclosure
Edmund Halley, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton were founder members of which scientific association?
Royal Society
The transatlantic trade between Britain, Africa and the Thirteen Colonies was also known by what name?
Triangular Trade
Which Admiral, pictured here, won the iconic battle of Trafalgar in 1805? (Jesus-like figure dying surrounded by people)
Admiral Lord Nelson
In 1690, James II was defeated in Ireland at which battle?
Battle of Boyne
In which battle, fought in 1690, did William of Orange defeat James II?
Battle of Boyne
In 1746, the Jacobites were finally defeated at which battle fought in the Scottish Highlands?
Battle of Culloden
The supporters of Charles Edward Stuart were defeated at which battle in 1746?
Battle of Culloden
In 1690, the Jacobites in Ireland were defeated at the battle of the ___________.
Boyne
Who became King when the monarchy was restored in 1660?
Charles II
Which architect designed St Paul's Cathedral in London?
Christopher Wren
What is the name of the early industrial site, belonging to the iron maker Abraham Darby?
Coalbrookdale
What was the name applied to the division of arable and common land into regular blocks of hedged fields?
Common Land Enclosure
In 1771 the world's first __________________ was opened by Richard Arkwright at Cromford (Derbyshire).
Cotton Mill
During the Agricultural Revolution, which Acts passed by Parliament divided arable land into more productive, and financially profitable, blocks?
Enclosure Acts
The Act of Union in 1707 united which two countries?
England and Scotland
Which two countries' flags are represented in this flag that appeared in 1707? (No red X)
England and Scotland
The Act of Union in 1707 brought together the kingdoms of __________ and ___________ to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
England, Scotland
Which three countries' flags are represented in this flag that appeared in 1801? (The UK Flag of Today)
England, Scotland, Ireland
In 1771, Richard Arkwright opened the world's first ___________ at Cromford.
Factory
The death of which British general at the battle of Quebec (1759) is commemorated in this painting by Benjamin West? (Dramatic lighting focused on dying red coat in center of painting)
General Wolfe
Which general is portrayed in this painting dying at the battle of Quebec? (Dramatic, lighting focused on character in red)
General Wolfe
Who was the first king of the Hanoverian dynasty?
George of Hanover/George I
The fourth verse of which patriotic song includes the line 'rebellious Scots to crush'?
God Save the King
In 1801, which two neighbouring states were brought together by an Act of Union?
Great Britain and Ireland
The Act of Union of 1801 united which two countries?
Great Britain and Ireland
What was the name of the dynasty that replaced the Stuarts?
Hanover
Which new royal dynasty came to power in 1714?
Hanoverian
Who designed the 'Spinning Jenny'?
Hargreaves
What was the name of the Company that monopolised trade between Britain and India?
Honourable East Indie Company
Which admiral defeated Napoleon's navy at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805?
Horatio Nelson
Who commanded the British fleet that defeated Napoleon's forces in 1805 at the battle of Trafalgar?
Horatio Nelson
1715 and 1745 saw risings by which political group in support of the exiled House of Stewart?
Jacobites
What was the name given to the supporters of the exiled House of Stewart, who rebelled in 1715 and 1745?
Jacobites
What was the name given to the supporters of the exiled House of Stewart?
Jacobites
Which group rebelled against George I in 1715 in support of James Edward Stuart?
Jacobites
Which group rebelled against George II in 1745?
Jacobites
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in the Protestant King William III and Queen Mary replacing which Catholic monarch?
James II
Which King was deposed in 1688 as a result of the Glorious Revolution?
James II
Name two satirists who commented on the social and political problems of Hanoverian Britain and Ireland.
John Gay and William Hogarth
What name was given to the group who opposed the Industrial Revolution by smashing machinery?
Luddites
Which city in the north of England became known as 'Cottonopolis'?
Manchester
Whose death, in 1805 at the battle of Trafalgar, was commemorated in this painting by Benjamin West?
Nelson
'Long', 'Rump' and 'Convention' were all names associated with which institution?
Parliament
What disaster befell London in 1665?
Plague Outbreak
What two disasters struck London in 1665 and 1666?
Plague and Great Fire of London
Robert Walpole is commonly described as the first man to hold which political office?
Prime Minister
The Glorious ______________ established a constitutional monarchy in England in 1688.
Revolution
Which politician, ruthlessly satirised by John Gay in The Beggar's Opera, is considered to have been the first British Prime Minister?
Robert Walpole
In 1662, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton became founder members of which scientific association?
Royal Society
Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle and Edmund Halley were all members of which scientific organisation granted a Royal Charter by Charles II?
Royal Society
In which populist, national song was it proclaimed that 'Britons never will be slaves'?
Rule Britainnia
The Darien Scheme was an attempt by which European country to found a colony in Panama?
Scotland
What did Jethro Tull invent?
Seed Drill
Which politician was nicknamed Britain's first 'Prime' Minister?
Sir Robert Walpole
Which new London cathedral, designed by Christopher Wren, was an expression of both the new age of reason and Protestantism?
St. Paul's Cathedral
What did James Watt invent?
Steam Engine
What existing piece of machinery did James Watt improve?
Steam Engine
Queen Anne was the last monarch to belong to which dynasty?
Stuart
The "Old Pretender" and the "Young Pretender" belonged to which exiled Royal dynasty?
Stuarts
What term is usually applied to the period of rational thinking and scientific discovery in the mid-to late 18th century?
The Enlightenment
What disaster struck London in 1666?
The Great Fire of London
This frontispiece was used to illustrate which book written by Thomas Hobbes? (Large man holding scepter and sword standing overlooking the land)
The Leviathan
Which political philosopher wrote in Leviathan that life was "poor, nasty, brutish and short"?
Thomas Hobbes
Which piece of religious legislation passed in 1689 allowed Protestant non-conformists to practice their faiths in public?
Toleration Act
Which late 17th and 18th century political party would you most closely associate with the political ideas of Sir Robert Filmer - criticised by John Locke in his Two Treatises of Government?
Tories
Which political party was the rival to the Whigs?
Tories
Horatio Nelson defeated Napoleon's navy at the battle of ________________ in 1805.
Trafalgar
The ________________ trade is the name given to the transatlantic exchange of slaves, manufactured goods and raw materials.
Triangular Trade
What did Richard Arkwright invent?
Water Frame
Which machine, invented by Richard Arkwright and housed in his factory at Cromford, revolutionised the business of spinning cotton?
Water Frame
Which late 17th and 18th Century political party would you most closely associate with the political ideas of John Locke?
Whigs
Which political party endorsed the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9, the Act of Union of 1707, and the 1701 Act of Settlement that passed the Crown to the Hanoverian dynasty in 1714?
Whigs
Name the two political parties that dominated politics in the 18th Century.
Whigs and Tories
The Bill of Rights in 1689 was signed by which constitutional monarchs?
William III and Mary II
Which joint-monarchs replaced James II in 1688?
William III and Mary II
Who defeated James II at the battle of the Boyne in 1690?
William of Orange
