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• 436. Who attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?

  • Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators
  • Oliver Cromwell
  • William Wallace
  • Robert the Bruce

• 437. What event is commemorated in the UK on 5 November each year?

  • The Gunpowder Plot
  • The Battle of Hastings
  • The signing of Magna Carta
  • The Union of the Crowns

• 438. In what year did James VI of Scotland become James I of England, uniting the crowns?

  • 1536
  • 1603
  • 1649
  • 1707

• 439. What conflict in the 1640s was fought between supporters of the King and supporters of Parliament?

  • The Hundred Years' War
  • The English Civil War
  • The Wars of the Roses
  • The Jacobite Rebellion

• 440. Which English king was executed in 1649 following the Civil War?

  • Charles I
  • Charles II
  • James II
  • Henry VIII

• 441. Who led England as Lord Protector during the period without a monarch after the Civil War?

  • Oliver Cromwell
  • William of Orange
  • Robert Walpole
  • Charles II

• 442. What is the term for the period when the monarchy was restored after Cromwell's rule?

  • The Restoration
  • The Reformation
  • The Renaissance
  • The Regency

• 443. Which major disaster struck London in 1666?

  • The Great Fire of London
  • The Blitz
  • The Great Storm
  • The Great Flood

• 444. What event in 1688 saw William of Orange and Mary become joint monarchs?

  • The Glorious Revolution
  • The Restoration
  • The Act of Union
  • The Gunpowder Plot

• 445. Which document, agreed in 1689, limited royal power and set out certain rights of Parliament?

  • The Bill of Rights
  • The Magna Carta
  • The Act of Settlement
  • The Treaty of Union

• 446. In what year did the Act of Union join the Parliaments of England and Scotland?

  • 1603
  • 1660
  • 1707
  • 1801

• 447. In what year did the Act of Union bring Ireland into a union with Great Britain?

  • 1707
  • 1801
  • 1848
  • 1922

• 448. Which Scottish rebellions in the 18th century aimed to restore the exiled Stuart monarchy?

  • The Jacobite Rebellions
  • The Wars of the Roses
  • The Peasants' Revolt
  • The Chartist movement

• 449. Which battle in 1746 crushed the last major Jacobite rebellion?

  • The Battle of Culloden
  • The Battle of Bannockburn
  • The Battle of Bosworth Field
  • The Battle of Naseby

• 450. Which period saw major technological and manufacturing change in Britain from the 18th century?

  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Renaissance
  • The Reformation
  • The Enlightenment