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#1. Which cathedral is strongly associated with Sir Christopher Wren’s rebuilding work in London?
#2. What was the main constitutional issue behind the English Civil War?
#3. Which army was created by Parliament during the Civil War and became highly effective?
#4. What happened to England during the Commonwealth period after the Civil War?
#5. Who returned to the throne at the Restoration in 1660?
#6. Which king was replaced during the Glorious Revolution?
#7. Who became joint monarchs after the Glorious Revolution?
#8. What did the Bill of Rights of 1689 help establish?
#9. Which monarch was on the throne when England and Scotland united in 1707?
#10. What did the Act of Union 1707 create?
#11. Which dynasty followed the Stuarts on the British throne in 1714?
#12. Why was Robert Walpole historically important?
#13. Which major rebellion attempted to restore the Stuart line in the 18th century?
#14. Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie?
#15. Which battle in 1746 ended the Jacobite attempt to take the throne?
#16. Which war ended with Britain recognising the independence of the American colonies?
#17. Which admiral is associated with victory at the Battle of Trafalgar?
#18. In which year was the Battle of Trafalgar fought?
#19. Which British military leader defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
#20. Which year is associated with the Battle of Waterloo?
#21. What was the British Empire?
#22. Which trade did William Wilberforce campaign against?
#23. Which law abolished the slave trade in the British Empire?
#24. Which queen’s reign is associated with Britain’s imperial and industrial expansion in the 19th century?
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