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What significant event occurred in 1066?
What significant event occurred in 1066?
The Domesday Book was a survey of land and a land register.
The Domesday Book was a survey of land and a land register.
True
Who fought against the Vikings and won in 878?
Who fought against the Vikings and won in 878?
King Alfred
The ___ was signed in 1215, limiting royal power.
The ___ was signed in 1215, limiting royal power.
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Match the following events with their corresponding dates:
Match the following events with their corresponding dates:
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Which of the following was a result of the Great Famine in Ireland (1845-1852)?
Which of the following was a result of the Great Famine in Ireland (1845-1852)?
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The Tudors Dynasty lasted from 1485 to 1603.
The Tudors Dynasty lasted from 1485 to 1603.
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Which poem is considered the oldest and longest surviving poem of the Anglo-Saxon period?
Which poem is considered the oldest and longest surviving poem of the Anglo-Saxon period?
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Study Notes
Early Human History and Development
- 250,000 BC: Earliest evidence of human tools (flakes of flint)
- 55 BC: Romans arrive
- 1400 BC: Drought
- 700 BC: Celts arrive
- 3000 BC: Henges, 2400 BC: Stonehenge
- 449 BC: Saxon invasions (Angles, Jutes, Saxons)
- 9th Century: Increased literacy
- 878: King Alfred defeats Vikings
- 1066: Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror defeats Harold II, establishes Westminster Abbey
Medieval and Early Modern England
- 1000: Beowulf (Old English epic poem)
- 1086: Domesday Book (land survey)
- 6th Century: Christianity
- 1215: Magna Carta limits royal power
- 1337-1453: Hundred Years' War
- 1381: Wat Tyler's Revolt (peasant revolt)
- 1485-1603: Tudor Dynasty
- 1476: William Caxton - First printing press
- 1492: Columbus arrives in Americas
- 1513: Battle of Flodden
- 1536: Pilgrimage of Grace (rebellion)
- 1552: Protestant Prayer Book
- 1601: Poor Law
- 1606: 100 colonists depart England
- 1607: Chesapeake colonization begins
- 1608: Colonists search for gold
- 1609-1610: "Starving Time"
- 1619: First enslaved Africans arrive in Americas
- 1707: Act of Union (Great Britain)
British Empire and Colonization
- 1770: Captain James Cook lands in Australia
- 1776: American Independence
- 1788: First Fleet arrives in Australia (penal colony)
- 1801: Act of Union (United Kingdom)
- 1829: Australia establishes Perth as colony
- 1845-1852: Great Irish Famine (causes mass migration)
19th and 20th Century
- 1861-1865: American Civil War
- 1863: Gettysburg (American Civil War battle)
- 1865: Lincoln assassination
- 1901: Formation of Commonwealth of Australia
- 1916: Easter Rising
- 1920: Government of Ireland Act
- 1922: Irish Free State established
- 1942: Bombing of Darwin
- 1947: Cold War begins
- 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
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Explore key events from early human history to medieval and early modern England through this comprehensive quiz. Test your knowledge on significant milestones, invasions, and cultural developments that shaped the landscape of England over the centuries.
