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Questions

1) What was significant about the Battle of Edgehill in 1642?

2) Who was the famous queen whose navy defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?

3) Which historic document limited the power of the monarch and laid the foundation for constitutional governance in Britain.

4) In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?

5) Which monarch is associated with the expansion of the British Empire during the 19th century?

6) In what year did England have its first Norman king?

7) Which cousin of Queen Elizabeth I was executed in1587

8) What was the name of the book, commissioned by William the Conqueror that was a survey of England's land and resources for tax purposes

9) Who is credited with building the first successful steam locomotive, the Rocket, in 1829.

10) Who was the first monarch of England?
 

 

Answers

1) What was significant about the Battle of Edgehill in 1642?
It is commonly considered the beginning of the English Civil War.

 

2) Who was the famous queen whose navy defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Queen Elizabeth I 

 

3) Which historic document limited the power of the monarch and laid the foundation for constitutional governance in Britain.
The Magna Carta

 

4) In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain?
18th century

 

5) Which monarch is associated with the expansion of the British Empire during the 19th century?
Queen Victoria

 

6) In what year did England have its first Norman king?
1066

 

7) Which cousin of Queen Elizabeth I was executed in1587
Mary, Queen of Scots

 

8) What was the name of the book, commissioned by William the Conqueror that was a survey of England's land and resources for tax purposes
Domesday Book

 

9) Who is credited with building the first successful steam locomotive, the Rocket, in 1829.
George Stephenson 

 

10) Who was the first monarch of England?
AEthelstan, who ruled from 924 to 939 AD.