22 short questions and answers on tudors to georgians, based on the official handbook. Read them, then test yourself with the free mock tests.
His son Edward VI was strongly Protestant; the Book of Common Prayer was written in his reign. Then Mary I, a devout Catholic, persecuted Protestants and became known as 'Bloody Mary'.
A Protestant queen (1558–1603) who was very popular. In 1588 the English defeated the Spanish Armada, a large fleet of ships sent to invade England.
A sea captain who helped defeat the Spanish Armada. His ship, the Golden Hind, was one of the first to sail around the world.
Elizabeth I died without children, and James VI of Scotland became James I of England. England, Wales and Scotland shared a monarch but stayed separate countries. The King James Bible (Authorised Version) was produced in his reign.
Under Elizabeth I and James I, Protestant settlers from England and Scotland were given land in Ulster, in the north of Ireland, taken from Catholic landowners.
England became a republic called the Commonwealth, and Oliver Cromwell ruled as Lord Protector. He fought a harsh campaign in Ireland. Charles I's son, the future Charles II, was defeated at Worcester in 1651, famously hid in an oak tree to avoid capture, and escaped to Europe.
The belief that the king was appointed directly by God. Charles I believed in it, so he tried to rule without Parliament. This led to the Civil War of 1642.
Anne Boleyn (1536) and Catherine Howard (1542), two of Henry VIII's wives, were beheaded at the Tower of London on his orders. Mary I ('Bloody Mary') had Protestants burned in the 1550s. Elizabeth I had Mary, Queen of Scots executed in 1587. Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plotters were executed in 1606. King Charles I was executed in 1649 after Parliament, led by Cromwell, won the Civil War. Harold (1066), Richard III (1485) and Nelson (1805) were killed in battle, not executed.
In 1660 Parliament invited Charles II back to be king. His reign saw the Great Plague (1665) and the Great Fire of London (1666). Sir Christopher Wren designed the new St Paul's Cathedral.
It guaranteed that nobody can be held in prison unlawfully: every prisoner has the right to go before a court.
Founded in 1660 to promote science, it is the oldest surviving scientific society in the world. Isaac Newton was a member. Samuel Pepys wrote a famous diary of this period.
In 1690 William III defeated James II in Ireland. Some Protestants in Northern Ireland still celebrate it.
The monarch had to work with Parliament, creating a constitutional monarchy. Two main groups formed, the Whigs and the Tories. The Conservative Party is still called the Tories.
French Protestants who fled religious persecution and settled in England between 1680 and 1720. Many were skilled in science, banking, weaving and other crafts.
Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) led a Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1745 to claim the throne. He was defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
In the 1800s many Scottish landlords evicted small farmers to make room for sheep and cattle. Many people emigrated to North America.
An 18th-century movement of new ideas in politics, philosophy and science. Key Scottish thinkers: Adam Smith (economics) and David Hume (philosophy).
He opened Britain's first curry house in 1810, the Hindoostane Coffee House in London. He also introduced 'shampooing' (head massage).
Captain James Cook, in 1770, during the Georgian period. His voyages led to the first British settlements (colonies) in Australia.
They declared independence in 1776. Britain recognised it in 1783.
In 1815 the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon. Wellington later became Prime Minister.
The Act of Union 1800 joined Ireland with Great Britain from 1801, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.