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What year did the Romans leave Britain?
401
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When did the Vikings attack Lindisfarne?
793
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Who became King of the English in 871?
Alfred The Great
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What event occurred in 1002?
St Brice’s Day Massacre
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What was established between 1016 and 1035?
Cnut’s North Sea
Empire
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What significant battle occurred in 1066?
Battle of Hastings
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What years did Henry II rule the Angevin Empire?
1154
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1181
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What happened in 1216 regarding King John?
He lost the
Angevin Empire
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What years did the Hundred Years War take place?
1337
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1453
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What significant battle occurred in 1415?
Battle of
Agincourt
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What happened in 1420 regarding Henry V?
He was declared
King
of
France
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What year did John Cabot discover Newfoundland?
1497
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Who was the first British person to sell enslaved Africans?
John Hawkins
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What massacre occurred in 1572?
St Bartholomew’s Day
Massacre
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What year was the Roanoke Colony established?
1583
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What significant event occurred in 1598 in France?
Edict of Nantes
passed
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When was the East India Company established?
1600
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What year were the Ulster Plantations established?
1606
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When was the Colony of Jamestown established?
1607
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Who was 'saved' by Pocahontas?
John Smith
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What year did the first enslaved people arrive in the West Indies?
1619
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What year did the Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower?
1620
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What happened in 1685 in France?
Edict of Fontainebleau
passed
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What significant event occurred in 1746?
Highland Clearances
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Who became Governor of the East India Company in 1763?
Robert Clive
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Who became Governor of India in 1773?
Warren Hastings
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What years did the American War of Independence take place?
1775
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1783
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What significant event occurred in 1846?
Irish Potato Famine
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What rebellion occurred in 1857?
Sepoy Rebellion
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What years did the First Boer War take place?
1880-1881
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Who became PM of Cape Colony in 1881?
Cecil Rhodes
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What happened in 1882 regarding Jewish refugees?
They fled to Britain from
Russian
pogroms
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What year did Britain buy the controlling share of the Suez Canal?
1882
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What significant event occurred in 1884?
Berlin Conference
began the Scramble for Africa
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What internal migration occurred in the 19th century?
Due to
Industrialisation
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What percentage of Africa did Britain own by 1900?
32
%
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What significant act was passed on 23rd March 1933?
The Enabling Act
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What years did the First World War take place?
1914
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1918
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When did the British Empire reach its largest point?
1922
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What years did the Second World War take place?
1939
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1945
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